Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 39A

39A .         Referral of question to Commissioner

        (1)         If —

            (a)         a request has been made to an employer under section 39(1) in respect of a workplace; and

            (b)         the employer considers that the circumstances of the case are such that the employer should not be required to establish a safety and health committee for the workplace,

                the employer may refer to the Commissioner the question of whether a safety and health committee should be so established.

        (2)         The employer must give notice of a referral under this section to —

            (a)         the employee concerned; and

            (b)         any safety and health representative for the workplace.

        (3)         The Commissioner is to —

            (a)         decide a question referred to the Commissioner under subsection (1); and

            (b)         notify the employer and the employee concerned of the decision.

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