Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 55C

55C .         Appointment of further delegates may be required

        (1)         In this section —

        additional employees means employees who have not been invited to appoint a delegate or delegates under section 55(1) or (2) because that subsection has not become applicable to the mine at which they work.

        (2)         A scheme under section 55A cannot make provision of the kind mentioned in section 55B(2) that will affect additional employees unless subsection (3) of this section is complied with.

        (3)         If it is proposed that such provision be made the employer must invite any additional employees at a mine to appoint a delegate or delegates in accordance with subsection (4).

        (4)         Additional employees who work at a mine may, upon being invited under subsection (3) to do so, appoint a delegate or delegates from amongst their number to represent them for the purposes of making an agreement under section 55A(2).

        [Section 55C inserted by No. 68 of 2004 s. 55.]