71Resignation etc. of health and safety representatives

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.