Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 24

24 .         Resolution of issues at the workplace

        (1)         Where an issue relating to occupational safety or health arises at a workplace the employer shall, in accordance with the relevant procedure, attempt to resolve the issue with — 

            (a)         the safety and health representative;

            (b)         the safety and health committee; or

            (c)         the employees,

                whichever is specified in the relevant procedure.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the relevant procedure means the procedure agreed between the employer and the employees as applying in respect of the workplace concerned or, where no procedure is so agreed, the procedure prescribed for that purpose in the regulations.

        (3)         Where attempts to resolve an issue as mentioned in subsection (1) do not succeed and there is both a safety and health representative and a safety and health committee in respect of the workplace concerned, the safety and health representative shall refer the issue to the safety and health committee for it to attempt to resolve the issue.

        (4)         If a person contravenes subsection (1) or (3), the person commits an offence.

        [Section 24 inserted by No. 43 of 1987 s. 13; amended by No. 30 of 1995 s. 47; No. 51 of 2004 s. 82.]