29Functions of industry safety and health representatives

29 Functions of industry safety and health representatives

29 Functions of industry safety and health representatives

(1) An industry safety and health representative has the functions of a health and safety representative under the WHS Act for a work group, as if the work group comprised all workers at all coal mines.

(2) An industry safety and health representative has the following additional functions—

(a) to review the content and implementation of any safety management system required by the regulations in respect of a coal mine,

(b) to participate in investigations of events, occurrences or notifiable incidents at coal mines,

(c) to assist in the training of site safety and health representatives and electrical safety and health representatives.

(3) For the purposes of exercising a function, an industry safety and health representative—

(a) may enter and inspect a workplace or any part of a workplace at a coal mine at any time—

(i) after giving reasonable notice to the mine operator of the coal mine, or

(ii) without notice in the event of an incident or any situation involving a serious risk to the health or safety of a person emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to a hazard, and

(b) may accompany a government official when the government official is carrying out an inspection of a workplace or part of a workplace at a coal mine.