OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 70 Obligation to persons assisting health and safety representatives

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 70

    (1)     An employer, any of whose employees are members of a designated work group must allow a person assisting a health and safety representative access to the workplace unless the employer considers that the person is not a suitable person to assist the representative because of insufficient knowledge of occupational health and safety.

    (2)     If an employer does not allow a person assisting a health and safety representative access to the workplace, the representative may apply to the Magistrates' Court for an order—

        (a)     directing the employer to allow that access; and

        (b)     specifying the terms and conditions of that access.