Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Safety and Health Management Arrangements
28. Workplace safety and health officers and coordinators
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workplace
“workplace” means any premises where a person is at work or is to work, for the time being works, or customarily works, and includes a factory.(2) Subject to this section,
For the purposes of this section, the Minister may prescribe —
the manner of appointment of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator;
the functions and duties of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator; and
the powers of a workplace safety and health officer and a workplace safety and health coordinator, being necessary powers for the officer or coordinator (as the case may be) to discharge his or her functions and duties under this Act.