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Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993
57Consultations in relation to rectifying contraventions or preventing contraventions of this Act
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#### 57 Consultations in relation to rectifying contraventions or preventing contraventions of this Act
(1) If the health and safety representative for a designated work group thinks, on reasonable grounds, that a person:
(a) is contravening a provision of this Act or the regulations; or
(b) has contravened a provision of this Act or the regulations and is likely to contravene that provision again;
and the contravention affects or may affect one or more employees included in the group, the representative must consult with the person supervising the work performed by the employee or employees in an attempt to reach agreement on rectifying the contravention or preventing the likely contravention.
(2) If the representative and the supervisor fail to reach agreement, the representative must consult with the person in command in an attempt to reach agreement on rectifying the contravention or preventing the likely contravention.