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Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993
44Right to vote in health and safety representative election
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#### 44 Right to vote in health and safety representative election
(1) All the employees in the designated work group may vote in the election under section 42.
(2) If there is only one candidate for the election, that person is taken to have been elected.
(3) If a person is selected as the health and safety representative for a designated work group:
(a) if the person is selected by agreement in accordance with paragraph 41(3)(a)—the person; and
(b) if the person is selected by election in accordance with paragraph 41(3)(b)—the involved union or other person authorised under section 42 to conduct the election;
must, as soon as practicable after the person has been so selected, inform the person in command of the name of the person so selected.
(4) As soon as practicable after being so informed, the person in command must cause a notice of the selection to be displayed in a prominent place at such workplaces as will allow all the employees in the group to be notified of the selection.