Section 214 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Regulations relating to worker engagement, participation, and representation

214 Regulations relating to worker engagement, participation, and representation The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for 1 or more of the following purposes: (a) prescribing matters relating to work groups, including— (i) the requirements for determining a work group (including work groups for workers carrying out work for 2 or more PCBUs): (ii) agreements or variations of agreements relating to the determination of work groups: (b) prescribing matters relating to health and safety representatives, including— (i) the eligibility criteria for election as a health and safety representative: (ii) the procedure for electing or removing a health and safety representative: (iii) the eligibility criteria to vote for a health and safety representative: (iv) the term of office for health and safety representatives: (v) specifying high-risk sectors or industries for the purposes of sections 62(4)(b) and 66(3)(b) : (vi) specifying or providing for the method of determining the maximum total number of days’ paid leave for health and safety representatives that a PCBU is required to allow for the whole business or undertaking under clause 12(2) of Schedule 2, based on the number of workers who work for the PCBU as at specified dates in the year: (vii) specifying the number of days’ paid leave that a PCBU must allow a health and safety representative in specific industries to take in a year under clause 12(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2: (viii) maintaining a list of health and safety representatives and providing the list to the regulator: (c) prescribing matters relating to health and safety committees, including— (i) the constitution of health and safety committees: (ii) meeting requirements for health and safety committees: (d) providing for any matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 21 ; Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) Schedule 3 cls 8, 9