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WHS entry permit - Queensland

Description

You will need this permit if you are a union official and intend to enter a workplace to:

  • inquire into a suspected contravention of workplace health and safety legislation
  • inspect employee records / information
  • consult or advise workers in relation to WHS matters.

A WHS entry permit holder can only enter a workplace if the suspected WHS contravention relates to a relevant worker.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this permit, you must:

  • be an official of the union
  • has satisfactory completed the prescribed training
  • hold, or will hold, an entry permit under the Fair Work Act or Industrial Relations Act as well as the Work Health and Safety Act.

Duration

Three years

Fees

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Application process

Apply

A union may apply to the industrial registrar for the issue of a WHS entry permit to a person who is an official of the union. The application must specify the person who is to hold the WHS entry permit and include a statutory declaration by that person declaring that he or she is an official of the union, has satisfactorily completed the prescribe training and holds or will hold an entry permit under the Fair Work Act or an industrial officer authority.

Administering agency

Queensland Industrial Relations Commission

Contact details

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