Div 21.2 Constitution and meetings 212

Division 2.1.2 Constitution and meetings 212 2.3 Membership 212 2.3A Meaning of appointed member—div 2.1.2 212

Page contents 15 2.4 Terms of appointment 213 2.5 Chair and deputy chair 213 2.6 Leave 213 2.7 Disclosure of interest 214 2.8 Reporting of disclosed council interests to Minister 215 2.9 Ending appointment of council member 216 2.10 Calling meetings 217 2.11 Presiding member at council meetings 218 2.12 Quorum at council meetings 218 2.13 Voting at council meetings 218 2.14 Conduct of council meetings etc 218 2.15 Protection of council members from liability 219 Division 2.1.3 Advisory committees 219 2.16 Establishment 219 Part 2.2 Office of the Work Health and Safety Commissioner 220 Division 2.2.1 Preliminary 220 2.17 Definitions—pt 2.2 220 Division 2.2.2 Establishment and functions of office 220 2.18 Establishment of office 220 2.19 Constitution of office 220 2.20 Functions of office 220 Division 2.2.3 Work health and safety commissioner 221 2.21 Appointment of WHS commissioner 221 2.22 Functions of WHS commissioner 222 2.23 Independence of WHS commissioner and Ministerial directions 223 2.24 Duty of good conduct 223 2.25 Disclosure of interests 224 2.26 Outside employment 224 2.27 Ending appointment—generally 225 2.28 Ending appointment—council no-confidence resolution 225 2.29 Leave of absence 226 Division 2.2.4 Office—staff 226 2.30 Meaning of staff of the office—pt 2.2 226

Page contents 16 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 2.31 Appointment of deputy WHS commissioner 227 2.32 Employment of staff 227 2.33 Engagement of consultants and contractors 227 2.34 Independence of staff of the office 228 2.35 Delegation of functions 228 2.36 Other arrangements for staff and facilities 228 Division 2.2.5 Office—policy and reporting framework 229 2.37 Compliance and enforcement policy 229 2.38 Strategic plan 230 2.39 Ministerial statement of expectations 231 2.40 Statement of operational intent 232 2.41 Annual report 232 Schedule 3 Regulation-making powers 234 1 Duties 234 2 Incidents 234 3 Plant, substances or structures 235 4 Protection and welfare of workers 235 5 Hazards and risks 235 6 Records and notices 236 7 Authorisations 236 8 Work groups 237 9 Health and safety committees and health and safety representatives 237 10 Issue resolution 237 11 WHS entry permits 237 12 Identity cards 238 13 Forfeiture 238 14 Review of decisions 238 Schedule 4 Penalty amounts 239 4.1 Monetary penalties—categories 1 to 3 239 4.1A Monetary penalties—industrial manslaughter 240 4.2 Monetary penalties—tiers A to I 241

Page contents 17 4.3 Monetary penalties—WHS civil penalty tiers 1 to 4 243 4.4 Indexation of penalty amounts 245 4.5 Rounding of maximum penalty amounts 245 4.6 Notification of adjusted maximum penalty amounts 246 Dictionary 247 1 About the endnotes 256 2 Abbreviation key 256 3 Legislation history 257 4 Amendment history 262 5 Earlier republications 276 6 Expired transitional or validating provisions 279