Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 45(1)
and (2) are repealed and the following subsections are inserted
instead —
“
(1) In this section —
“relevant” —
(a) in
relation to an employer, means an employer whose employees —
(i)
carry out, in a workplace, work of a kind; or
(ii)
carry out work, or are likely to be, in an area of a
workplace,
that is relevant to
any purpose for which an inspector has entered the workplace; and
(b) in
relation to —
(i)
a safety and health representative; or
(ii)
a safety and health committee,
means a representative
or committee that has functions that are relevant to any purpose referred to
in paragraph (a).
(2) On entering a
workplace an inspector shall, as soon as is practicable, take all reasonable
steps to notify any relevant employer of the inspector’s presence.
(2a) An employer, upon
being notified of the presence of an inspector at a workplace shall, as soon
as is practicable, notify any relevant safety and health representative of the
presence.
”.
(2) Section 45(3)
is amended by deleting “the employer, and any safety and health
representative or safety and health committee concerned,” and inserting
instead —
“
any relevant employer and any relevant safety and health
representative or safety and health committee
”.
(3) Section 45(4)
is amended by deleting “the employer and any safety and health
representative concerned” and inserting instead —
“
any relevant employer and any relevant safety and health
representative
”.