Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00043:clause:1_37a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00043
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 37A
Character Range: 21650–23961

37A  Request for review of safety management‑related documents

Requests for review
 (1) A health and safety representative for a designated work group in relation to a facility may request the operator of the facility to review safety management‑related documents relating to the facility, if the representative reasonably believes that:
 (a) a circumstance exists that affects the health and safety of workers at the facility; and
 (b) the operator has not adequately reviewed the documents in response to the circumstance.
 (2) A request made under subclause (1) must:
 (a) be in the approved form (if any); and
 (b) specify the relevant circumstance mentioned in paragraph (1)(a); and
 (c) specify details about how the circumstance affects the health and safety of workers at the facility; and
 (d) set out the reasons why the representative believes the operator has not adequately reviewed the documents in response to the circumstance; and
 (e) comply with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

Review and revision of safety management‑related documents
 (3) As soon as practicable after receiving a request under subclause (1), the operator of the facility must review the safety management‑related documents.
 (4) As soon as practicable after reviewing the safety management‑related documents in accordance with subclause (3), the operator of the facility must give a written notice to the health and safety representative specifying:
 (a) that the safety management‑related documents have been reviewed; and
 (b) either:
 (i) if the operator considers that revisions to the safety management‑related documents are necessary—the revisions the operator intends to make and the reasons for each revision; or
 (ii) if the operator considers that no revisions are necessary—an explanation as to why revisions are not required.

Meaning of safety management‑related document
 (5) Subject to subclause (6), a safety management‑related document is a document prepared by, or on behalf of, the operator of a facility that sets out, in whole or in part, a system for managing occupational health and safety at the facility.
 (6) The regulations may provide that a specified document is taken to be, or taken not to be, a safety management‑related document.