Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987
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Safety committee and safety delegate. |
24.—(1) The persons working on, in or from an offshore installation to which this Act applies may select and appoint from among their number members of a committee (in this Act referred to as “a safety committee”) to assist the owner of the installation or the installation manager (as may be appropriate) in securing the compliance described in subsection (3) (b) of this section. | |
(2) Where a safety committee is appointed and at the time of the appointment a safety representative (or deputy safety representative) stands appointed under section 23 or 25 of this Act in relation to the offshore installation concerned, the appointment of the safety committee shall operate to revoke the appointment of such representative. | ||
(3) The Minister may make regulations for giving effect to this section and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, regulations under this section may make provision in relation to all or any of the following matters:— | ||
(a) providing for the terms and conditions of appointment and the method of determining (subject to section 25 of this Act) the number of members of a safety committee and the quorum for a meeting thereof; | ||
(b) specifying the functions and duties of the safety committee, including assisting in securing compliance, by the installation manager concerned and by the persons working on, in or from the relevant offshore installation, with the provisions of this Act (or of regulations thereunder) relating to safety, health and welfare, or such other statutory provisions which are prescribed for the purposes of this section and apply to such installation or to such persons (or to both); | ||
(c) providing for the selection and appointment by the safety committee from among their number of a representative and a deputy (in this Act referred to as the “safety delegate” and the “deputy safety delegate”, respectively), the terms and conditions relating to such appointment and the functions and duties of such delegates; | ||
(d) a provision that the installation manager shall be entitled to attend personally (or be represented by at least one person nominated by him) at each meeting of the safety committee; | ||
(e) provisions specifying the duties of the installation manager, including a requirement that he (or a representative) shall attend the first meeting of the safety committee and shall as soon as practicable, and in any event not later than ten days from the expiration of the period specified under section 26 (3) (c) of this Act for the preparation of such statement, give (or cause to be given) the committee the statement of policy under section 26 of this Act; | ||
(f) a provision that, on a request being made by the safety committee, the safety delegate (or the deputy safety delegate) shall be entitled to accompany an inspector on any tour (or part of a tour) of inspection of the relevant offshore installation made by the inspector in the course of duty (other than a tour of inspection made specifically to investigate an accident) and that, where a delegate intends to accompany an inspector, he shall inform him of his intention; | ||
(g) providing that the safety delegate may make representations to an inspector on matters affecting the safety, health and welfare of the persons working on, in or from the offshore installation (being representations made on the request of the safety committee) and that, for the purpose of considering the representations, an inspector may inspect any records of the proceedings of the safety committee. |