2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 13 Updated Delegations of Authority - Council to CEO 2015-16

                                   Council to CEO Updated Delegations 15/16                  Attachment 1




                                                                         Delegation No: 2015-63



3.     To exercise the powers of council pursuant to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                             LEGISLATION

Power to notify the regulator after becoming aware a notifiable incident has               Section 38
occurred
Power to consult with workers who are, or are likely to be, directly affected by a Section 47
matter relating to work health or safety
Power to facilitate the conduct of an election for 1 or more health and safety     Sections 51 to 54
representatives to represent workers
Power to make an application to the commission to disqualify a health and safety Section 65
representative.
Power to refuse on reasonable grounds to grant access to the workplace to a Section 71(5)
person assisting a health and safety representative for a workgroup.
Power to ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to decide the matter.                   Section 72(5)

Power to establish a health and safety committee.                                          Sections 75 to 78

Power, as a party to an issue, to resolve the issue in accordance with an agreed Section 80 and
procedure or the default procedure.                                              81

Power to ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to assist in resolving the issue.       Section 82(2)

Power to direct the worker to carry out suitable alternative work at the same or Section 87
another workplace.
Power to ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to attend the workplace to Section 89
assist in resolving an issue arising from a cessation of work.
Power to apply to the Commission to revoke a WHS entry permit.                             Section 138

Power to appeal a decision of the commission.                                              Section 140

Power to ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to attend the workplace to              Section 141 and
assist in resolving the dispute                                                            142

Power to apply to the regulator for the return of a seized thing.                          Section 180

Power to demand that the regulator allow the CEO to inspect a seized thing and if          Section 181
the seized thing is a document to make copies of it.

Power to claim compensation from the State.                                                Section 184


Power to make a written undertaking (a WHS undertaking) in connection with a       Section 216
matter relating to a contravention or alleged contravention of the Work Health and
Safety Act.

Power, as a person who has made a WHS undertaking, to at any time, with the                Section 221
agreement of the regulator, withdraw the undertaking or vary the undertaking.

Power, as an eligible person in relation to a reviewable decision to apply to the          Section 224
regulator for an internal review of the decision.
Power, as an eligible person to apply to the external review body for review of a          Section 229 to
reviewable decision made by the regulator or a decision made, or taken to have             229E
been made, on an internal review.
Power to appeal a decision of the commission.                                              Section 229F
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