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Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993
71Resignation etc. of health and safety representatives
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#### 71 Resignation etc. of health and safety representatives
(1) A person must stop being the health and safety representative for the designated work group if:
(a) the person resigns as the health and safety representative; or
(b) the person stops being an employee included in the designated work group; or
(c) the person’s term of office ends without the person having been selected, under section 41, to be the health and safety representative for the designated work group for a further term; or
(d) the person is disqualified under section 72.
(2) A person may resign as the health and safety representative for a designated work group:
(a) if the person was last selected as the health and safety representative in an election conducted by an involved union in relation to the group—by written notice given to:
(i) the involved union that nominated the person as a candidate in the election; and
(ii) the person in command; and
(b) in any other case—by written notice given to the person in command.
(3) If the person in command receives a notice of resignation under paragraph (2)(b), the person in command must cause a copy of the notice to be displayed in a prominent place at the workplace.