Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 39C

39C .         How safety and health committee to be constituted

        (1)         In this section —

        workplace , where an agreement under section 39E applies, includes 2 or more workplaces.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), the composition, and the manner in which persons become members, of a safety and health committee for a workplace are to be determined by agreement in writing between —

            (a)         the employer;

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

            (c)         the employees appointed under section 37 in respect of the workplace.

        (3)         At least one half of the members of a safety and health committee for a workplace must be persons each of whom is —

            (a)         a safety and health representative for the workplace; or

            (b)         an employee who works at the workplace and holds office as a member representing other employees.

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