Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982

Neither a health and safety representative nor a consultant assisting a health and safety representative is entitled, under section 31(1)(d)(ii), to have access to information in relation to which a group member is entitled to claim, and does claim, legal professional privilege.

Neither a health and safety representative nor a consultant assisting a health and safety representative is entitled, under section 31(1)(d)(ii), to have access to information of a confidential medical nature relating to a person who is or was a group member unless—

the person has delivered to the operator or a work group employer a written authority permitting the health and safety representative, or the health and safety representative and the consultant, as the case requires, to have access to the information; or

the information is in a form that does not identify the person or enable the identity of the person to be discovered.