Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 27

    (1)     A worker consultation unit may ask any of the following people to conduct the election of a work safety representative on behalf of the unit:

        (a)     an employer of a worker in the unit;

        (b)     if a worker in the unit is, or is eligible to be, a member of a registered organisation—the registered organisation;

        (c)     someone else.

    (2)     An employer commits an offence if—

        (a)     a worker consultation unit asks the employer to conduct the election of a work safety representative; and

        (b)     the employer does not conduct the election within 42 days after the day the employer is asked.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.