Work Health and Safety Act 2011

In this Division, parties, in relation to an issue, means the following:

the person conducting the business or undertaking or the person’s representative;

if the issue involves more than 1 business or undertaking, the person conducting each business or undertaking or the person’s representative;

if the worker or workers affected by the issue are in a work group, the health and safety representative for that work group or his or her representative;

if the worker or workers affected by the issue are not in a work group, the worker or workers or their representative.

A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that the person’s representative (if any) for the purposes of this Division:

is not a health and safety representative; and

has an appropriate level of seniority, and is sufficiently competent, to act as the person’s representative.