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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Subdiv 5Powers and functions of health and safety representatives
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Subdivision 5 Powers and functions of health and safety representatives
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 46
(d) with the consent of one or more workers that the health and
safety representative represents, be present at an interview
concerning work health and safety between a group of
workers, which includes the workers who gave the consent,
and:
(e) request the establishment of a health and safety committee;
and
(f) receive information concerning the work health and safety of
(g) whenever necessary, request the assistance of any person.
A health and safety representative also has a power under Division 6 of this Part
to direct work to cease in certain circumstances and under Division 7 of this Part
to issue provisional improvement notices.
(3) Despite subsection (2)(f), a health and safety representative is not
entitled to have access to any personal or medical information
concerning a worker without the worker's consent unless the
information is in a form that:
(4) Nothing in this Act imposes or is taken to impose a duty on a health
and safety representative in that capacity.