Section Sch2-6 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Health and safety representative in one work group may assist, or act in the capacity of, health and safety representative in another work group

6 Health and safety representative in one work group may assist, or act in the capacity of, health and safety representative in another work group (1) This clause sets out the circumstances in which a health and safety representative ( HSR-A , whose ordinary role is to represent workers in work group A) may, for the purposes of performing or exercising his or her functions or powers under this Act, be accompanied and assisted by another health and safety representative ( HSR-B , whose ordinary role is to represent workers in work group B), and when HSR-B may act in the capacity of HSR-A. (2) HSR-B may accompany and assist HSR-A, or act in the capacity of HSR-A, in the circumstances in subclause (3), if— (a) work group A and work group B consist of workers carrying out work for the same business or undertaking; or (b) work group A and work group B are within the same multiple PCBU work group arrangement (as defined in section 64(5) ). (3) The circumstances are— (a) HSR-B may accompany and assist HSR-A, on HSR-A’s request, in the performance or exercise of HSR-A’s functions or powers under this Act; and (b) HSR-B may act in the capacity of HSR-A, if— (i) a worker in work group A asks for HSR-B’s assistance, and HSR-A is found, after reasonable inquiry, to be unavailable; or (ii) HSR-A requests that HSR-B perform his or her functions and exercise his or her powers during a period of absence or in other circumstances that will render HSR-A unavailable to the workers of work group A. (4) This clause overrides clause 9(1) .