Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 35C

35C .         Claim may be referred to the Tribunal

        (1)         A person may —

            (a)         refer to the Tribunal —

                  (i)         a claim that the person’s employer or a prospective employer has caused disadvantage to the person in contravention of section 35A; or

                  (ii)         in the case of a contractor referred to in section 35B, a claim that the principal has contravened that section;

                and

            (b)         request the Tribunal to make one or more of the orders provided for by section 35D.

        (2)         Subsection (1) applies whether or not —

            (a)         the employer or prospective employer has been convicted of an offence under section 35A(4); or

            (b)         the principal has been convicted of an offence under section 35B(3).

        (3)         A referral under subsection (1) may also be made on a person’s behalf by an agent or legal practitioner referred to in section 31 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 .

        (4)         Section 80E(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 does not apply to a claim under subsection (1) by a Government officer within the meaning of that section.

        [Section 35C inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 49.]