Page 2252 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 31 October 1989

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Question put:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 5  NOES, 12

Mr Humphries Mr Berry
Mr Kaine Mr Collaery
Mrs Nolan Mr Duby
Mr Stefaniak Ms Follett
Mr Stevenson Mrs Grassby
 Mr Jensen
 Dr Kinloch
 Ms Maher
 Mr Moore
 Mr Prowse
 Mr Whalan

 Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 41 (Lists of health and safety representatives)

MR STEFANIAK (9.04): I move:

Page 21, line 17, omit all words after "inspection", substitute "by employees and inspectors.".

This also relates to involved unions and I reiterate what I said before.

Amendment negatived.

Clause agreed to.

Clauses 42 and 43, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clause 44 (Duties of employers)

MR STEFANIAK (9.06): I move:

Page 23, line 31, omit "a health and safety representative to", substitute "and a health and safety representative shall not".

At present in this Act there are a large number of provisions which force employers to do certain things - many of them, we would say, rightly so - but it provides very few penalties, very few things, against employees who do not perform their tasks properly, especially in relation to the health and safety representative.

Now, this particular subclause here at present states:

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