WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 65 Disqualification of health and safety representatives

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 65

    (1)     An application may be made to the Magistrates Court to disqualify a health and safety representative on the ground that the representative has—

        (a)     exercised a power or performed a function as a health and safety representative for an improper purpose; or

        (b)     used or disclosed any information he or she acquired as a health and safety representative for a purpose other than in connection with the role of health and safety representative.

    (2)     The following persons may make an application under this section:

        (a)     any person adversely affected by—

              (i)     the exercise of a power or the performance of a function referred to in subsection (1) (a); or

              (ii)     the use or disclosure of information referred to in subsection (1) (b);

        (b)     the regulator.

    (3)     If the court is satisfied that a ground in subsection (1) is made out, the court may disqualify the health and safety representative for a specified period or indefinitely.