Minister must take advice
206 Minister must take advice
The Minister must ask for, and take into consideration, the advice of the work health and safety council in relation to the development of regulations for this Act.
To remove any doubt—
it is a function of the work health and safety council to advise the Minister on matters relating to workers compensation; and
This function is given to the work health and safety council under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, sch 2, s 2.2 (1) (a).
the work health and safety council may set up an advisory committee, made up of people with suitable expertise, to help it in the exercise of this function.
Examples—suitable expertise legal or medical expertise
The power to set up an advisory committee if necessary to assist in the exercise of a function is given to the work health and safety council under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, sch 2, s 2.16.
In this section:
work health and safety council means the work health and safety council established under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, schedule 2, section 2.1.
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