2017-12-12 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Updated Delegations of Authority

                                                                               ATTACHMENT 1

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                         LEGISLATION
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
procedure or the default procedure.                                              and 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
assist in resolving the dispute.
Power to apply to the Commission for it to deal with the dispute.                      Section 142
                                                                                       (4)
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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