Work Health and Safety Act 2020

An application may be made to the Tribunal to disqualify a health and safety representative on the ground that the representative has —

exercised a power or performed a function as a health and safety representative for an improper purpose; or

used or disclosed any information that they acquired as a health and safety representative for a purpose other than in connection with the role of health and safety representative.

The following persons may make an application under this section —

any person adversely affected by —

the exercise of a power or the performance of a function referred to in subsection (1)(a); or

the use or disclosure of information referred to in subsection (1)(b);

the regulator.

If the Tribunal is satisfied that a ground in subsection (1) is made out, the Tribunal may disqualify the health and safety representative for a specified period or indefinitely.