Guidance
Powers of Health and Safety Representatives guidance note
Powers of Health and Safety Representatives guidance note
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- Leadership and CultureOccupational HealthRegulation and Legislation
- Regulation and legislationWorker rights and retaliation protection
- Stop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Guidance explains health and safety representatives’ statutory powers at offshore petroleum facilities. It covers access to information, consultant assistance, requests to review safety management documents, provisional improvement notices and directions to cease unsafe work. It also describes inspection requests, appeals, protection against discrimination and coercion, and requests for prosecution.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Worker rights and retaliation protection.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Consolidates the statutory powers, duties and appeal rights of health and safety representatives at offshore facilities.
Themes: leadership and culture, occupational health, regulation and legislation.