Duties of the operator and other employers in relation to health and safety committees
40 Duties of the operator and other employers in relation to health and safety committees
If there is a health and safety committee, each relevant person must—
make available to the committee information possessed by the person relating to risks to health and safety to members of the workforce; and
permit a member of the committee who is a member of the workforce to take time off work, without loss of remuneration or other entitlements, as is necessary for the member to adequately participate in the performance by the committee of its functions.
Subsection (1)(a) has effect subject to subsections (3) and (4).
A relevant person must not make available to a health and safety committee information of a confidential nature relating to a person who is or was a member of the workforce (a worker), unless—
the worker has authorised the information to be made available to the committee; or
the information is in a form that does not identify the worker or enable the identity of the worker to be discovered.
A relevant person is not required to make available to a health and safety committee information in relation to which the person is entitled to claim, and does claim, legal professional privilege.
In this section—
relevant person means—
the operator; and
an employer, other than the operator, of a member of the workforce.
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