Section Sch2-17 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Regulator may remove health and safety representative
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17 Regulator may remove health and safety representative (1) The regulator may, at its discretion, remove a health and safety representative from office if the regulator considers that the representative has not performed or exercised his or her functions or powers satisfactorily, including if the health and safety representative has— (a) performed a function or exercised a power as a health and safety representative for an improper purpose; or (b) used or disclosed any information he or she acquired as a health and safety representative in contravention of clause 14 . (2) The regulator must give written notice of a decision under subclause (1) to— (a) the health and safety representative affected by the decision; and (b) the PCBU of the health and safety representative. (3) The notice under subclause (2) must state— (a) the reasons for the regulator’s decision; and (b) whether the removal from office is for a specified period or indefinite. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 19ZR
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