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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 75 Health and safety committees

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 75

Health and safety committees

75 Health and safety committees

(1) The person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must establish a health and safety committee for the business or undertaking or part of the business or undertaking—
(a) within 2 months after being requested to do so by—
(i) a health and safety representative for a work group of workers carrying out work at that workplace; or
(ii) 5 or more workers at that workplace; or
(b) if required under a regulation to do so, within the time prescribed under a regulation.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may establish a health and safety committee for the workplace or part of the workplace on the person’s own initiative.
Note—
If a health and safety committee is not required to be established, other consultation procedures can be established for a workplace—see division 2 .