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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 30B

30B .         What may be included in a scheme

        (1)         In this section —

        contractor and principal have the meanings given to those terms in section 23D(1).

        (2)         A scheme under section 30A (a scheme ) may include provision for the election of one or more safety and health representatives for —

            (a)         one or more workplaces in addition to the workplace referred to in section 30A(2); or

            (b)         any group of employees of the employer concerned that constitutes a distinct unit of the employer’s workforce,

                or may make provision for both of those matters, as the case may require.

        (3)         A scheme may despite any provision of this Part —

            (a)         provide for —

                  (i)         a contractor; and

                  (ii)         any person employed by a contractor,

                to be treated, for the purposes of this Part, as employees of the principal that engages the contractor; and

            (b)         provide for the principal that engages a contractor to be treated, for the purposes of this Part, as the employer of —

                  (i)         the contractor; and

                  (ii)         any person employed by the contractor.

        (4)         A scheme may make provision for —

            (a)         the scheme to apply to any subsequent election of a safety and health representative; and

            (b)         the manner in which an amendment may be made to the scheme after it has been determined.

        [Section 30B inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 42.]



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