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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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47 Duty to consult workers
(1) The person conducting a business or undertaking must, so far as is
reasonably practicable, consult, in accordance with this division and
the regulation, with workers who carry out work for the business or
undertaking who are, or are likely to be, directly affected by a matter
relating to work health or safety.
(2) If the person conducting the business or undertaking and the workers
have agreed to procedures for consultation, the consultation must be
in accordance with those procedures.
(3) The agreed procedures must not be inconsistent with section 48.