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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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76 Constitution of committee
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the constitution of a health and
safety committee may be agreed between the person conducting
the business or undertaking and the workers at the workplace.
(2) If there is a health and safety representative at a workplace, that
representative, if he or she consents, is a member of the
committee.
(3) If there are 2 or more health and safety representatives at a
workplace, those representatives may choose one or more of their
number (who consent) to be members of the committee.
(4) At least half of the members of the committee must be workers who
are not nominated by the person conducting the business or
(5) If agreement is not reached under this section within a reasonable
time, any party may ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to
decide the matter.
(6) An inspector appointed on a request under subsection (5) may
decide the constitution of the health and safety committee or that
the committee should not be established.
(7) A decision of an inspector under this section is taken to be an
agreement under this section between the parties.
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