2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        20 MAY 2014


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
representatives to represent workers                                                  54
Power to make an application to the commission to disqualify a health and             Section 65
safety 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             Section       80
agreed procedure or the default procedure.                                            and 81
Power to ask the regulator to appoint an inspector to assist in resolving the         Section 82(2)
issue.
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
assist in resolving the dispute                                                       and 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        Section 181
if 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.




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