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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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75 Health and safety committees
(1) The person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must
establish a health and safety committee for the business or
undertaking or part of the business or undertaking—
(a) within 2 months after being requested to do so by—
(i) a health and safety representative for a work group of
workers carrying out work at that workplace; or
(ii) 5 or more workers at that workplace; or
(b) if required by regulation to do so, within the time prescribed by
(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may
establish a health and safety committee for the workplace or part of
the workplace on the person’s own initiative.
Note If a health and safety committee is not required to be established, other
consultation procedures can be established for a workplace—see div 5.2.