Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 45B

45B Meaning of excluded entity

(1) Each of the following entities is an
"excluded entity" for representing or assisting a worker or the health and safety representative for a worker—

(a) the following entities (each an
"excluded body" )—

(i) an entity, other than a union, that is an association of employees or independent contractors, or both;

(ii) an entity, other than a union or an association mentioned in subparagraph (i) , that represents, or purports to represent, the industrial interests of the worker or representative;

(iii) an entity that demands or receives a fee from another excluded body, for representing, or purporting to represent, the industrial interests of the worker or representative;

(iv) a union that is not a relevant union for the worker;

(b) an individual who—

(i) is an officer or employee of an excluded body; or

(ii) is acting as an agent of an excluded body; or

(iii) is otherwise representing or purporting to represent an excluded body.

(2) An association of a type mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) is an excluded entity whether or not the association is registered or recognised as an association of that type (however described) under a State or Territory industrial law.

(3) Despite subsection (1) (b) , an individual is not an excluded entity under subsection (1) (b) (iii) only because the individual is a member of an excluded body.