Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00120:clause:1_306a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00120
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 306A
Character Range: 113014–114197

306A  At the end of section 494
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Assisting health and safety representatives
 (4) Subsection (1), and sections 495 to 498, do not apply to an official of an organisation assisting a health and safety representative on request under a provision of a State or Territory OHS law equivalent to paragraph 68(2)(g) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
 (5) However, sections 499 to 504 do apply in relation to the official:
 (a) whether or not the official is a permit holder; and
 (b) for the purposes of sections 499 to 502—if the official is not a permit holder, as if the official were a permit holder; and
 (c) as if giving the assistance to the health and safety representative were authorised by this Part, or were the exercise of rights under this Part (as the case requires); and
 (d) for the purposes of section 504—as if that section prohibited the use of information or a document obtained in giving the assistance other than for a purpose related to the exercise or performance of the powers or functions of the health and safety representative (subject to the exceptions set out in that section).

Part 18—Application and transitional provisions

Fair Work Act 2009