Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 39D

39D .         Commissioner may make determination in certain cases

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         a consultation party considers that discussions for the purpose of making an agreement under section 39C —

                  (i)         cannot commence or continue because there are no employees appointed under section 37 in respect of the workplace concerned;

                  (ii)         have not been commenced or continued in good faith by any party;

                  (iii)         are being unreasonably delayed; or

                  (iv)         have broken down;

                or

            (b)         the employer concerned considers that for some other reason it is unlikely that the employer will be able to comply with section 38(1) within the allowed period under that section.

        (2)         The employer or other consultation party may refer to the Commissioner for determination —

            (a)         the matters that are required to be settled by agreement under section 39C; or

            (b)         any particular matter mentioned in paragraph (a) on which the parties cannot agree.

        (3)         On such a referral, the Commissioner is to —

            (a)         make any necessary determination; and

            (b)         notify the employer or other party concerned of the determination.

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