Section 23: Meetings of Safety and Health Committees

23. Meetings of Safety and Health Committees (1) Every Safety and Health Committee meeting shall be held during normal working hours at least once every 2 months or at any earlier time at the request of any representative of the employer or the employees on that Committee. (2) (a) Where the Safety and Health Committee holds a meeting for the purposes of subsection (1), it shall give notice thereof to the Permanent Secretary not less than 10 days before the meeting is scheduled to be held. (b) The notice referred to in paragraph (a) shall— (i) be in writing; and (ii) state the date, time and the place of the meeting. (c) The Permanent Secretary, or any person deputed by him, may attend the meeting as observer. (3) The quorum of a meeting of the Safety and Health Committee shall be— (a) 4, where the number of members is 6; (b) 6, where the number of members is 10. (4) At any meeting of the Safety and Health Committee, the person chairing the meeting shall have a casting vote. (5) A representative of employees on a Safety and Health Committee shall be entitled to reasonable time off with pay for the purpose of exercising his functions as a member of that Committee. (6) The employer shall forward a written record of proceedings of a Safety and Health Committee meeting signed by the Chairperson, one member of the Committee representing the employees and the Secretary, to the Director, Occupational Safety and Health within 10 days of the meeting. (7) No civil, criminal or disciplinary action shall lie against any person in respect of anything done in good faith under this Act as a member of the Safety and Health Committee. PART III – ADMINISTRATION