Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
relevant —
(a) in
relation to an employer, means an employer whose employees —
(i)
carry out, in a workplace, work of a kind; or
(ii)
carry out work, or are likely to be, in an area of a
workplace,
that is relevant to
any purpose for which an inspector has entered the workplace; and
(b) in
relation to —
(i)
a safety and health representative; or
(ii)
a safety and health committee,
means a representative
or committee that has functions that are relevant to any purpose referred to
in paragraph (a).
(2) On entering a
workplace an inspector shall, as soon as is practicable, take all reasonable
steps to notify any relevant employer of the inspector’s presence.
(2a) An employer, upon
being notified of the presence of an inspector at a workplace shall, as soon
as is practicable, notify any relevant safety and health representative of the
presence.
(3) Upon completing an
inspection of a workplace, an inspector shall notify any relevant employer and
any relevant safety and health representative or safety and health committee
of any action he or she has taken and any further action he or she requires to
be taken under this Act in relation to the workplace as a result of the
inspection.
(4) Where an inspector
takes any photograph or makes any sketch or recording of, or in respect of, a
workplace he or she shall forthwith notify any relevant employer and any
relevant safety and health representative of —
(a) the
fact that he or she has taken the photograph or made the sketch or recording,
as the case may be; and
(b) the
time and place at which the photograph, sketch or recording may be inspected.
(5) If an employer
contravenes subsection (2a), the employer commits an offence.
[Section 45 inserted by No. 43 of 1987
s. 13; amended by No. 30 of 1995 s. 47; No. 51 of 2004
s. 60, 92 and 102(1).]