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175 Safety and health representatives taken to be health and safety representatives—the WHS (MPS) Act, Sch 2, cl 2

175 Safety and health representatives taken to be health and safety representatives—the WHS (MPS) Act, Sch 2, cl 2

(1) A mine safety and health representative for a coal mine is taken, for the following provisions, to be a health and safety representative under the WHS Act for a work group at the mine, as if the work group comprised all the workers at the mine—

(a) the WHS Act, Part 5, Division 3, Subdivision 6,

(b) the WHS Act, sections 66, 80 and 106,

(c) a provision of the WHS Act or the WHS Regulations that requires a person to consult with or give a notice or information to the health and safety representative or that gives the health and safety representative a right to access information, including the following—

(i) the WHS Act, section 48(2),

(ii) the WHS Regulations, clause 263(3)(b), 403(3), 404(2), 427, 429, 430, 432, 465 or 475.

(2) An industry safety and health representative is taken, for the WHS Act, section 72, to be 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.