Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 39

39 .         Request for establishment of safety and health committee

        (1)         An employee who works at a workplace may request the employer to establish a safety and health committee for the workplace.

        (2)         If a request is made under subsection (1), the employer must within 21 days after the request is received either —

            (a)         notify —

                  (i)         the employee who made the request; and

                  (ii)         any safety and health representative for the workplace,

                that the employer agrees to the request; or

            (b)         under section 39A, refer to the Commissioner the question whether a safety and health committee should be established for the workplace.

        (3)         If an employer contravenes subsection (2), the employer commits an offence.

        [Section 39 inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 50.]