Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 103B

103B General functions of work health and safety officer who is not the person conducting the business or undertaking

(1) This section applies to a work health and safety officer if the officer is not the person conducting the business or undertaking.

(2) The functions of the work health and safety officer are—

(a) to notify the person conducting the business or undertaking about work health and safety matters; and

(b) to identify hazards and risks to health and safety arising from the work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking; and

(c) to report, in writing to the person conducting the business or undertaking, any hazards and risks identified under paragraph (b) ; and

(d) to immediately notify the person conducting the relevant business or undertaking about—

(i) any incident the work health and safety officer is aware has occurred at the business or undertaking; or

(ii) any immediate or imminent risk to health and safety at the business or undertaking; and

(e) to investigate, or assist in the investigation of, any incidents that occurred at the business or undertaking; and

(f) to accompany and assist an inspector during an inspection of the business or undertaking; and

(g) to establish educational and training programs on matters relating to work health and safety; and

(h) any other function prescribed by regulation.