14.4(1)In this section, “trade” means a trade prescribed by regulation and includes any trade designated by a committee under subsection (8).

14.4(2)This section applies to a project site that has five hundred or more employees working on the site at any time.

14.4(3)A contractor who is responsible for a project site shall ensure that a joint health and safety committee is established within two weeks after the criterion set out in subsection (2) has been met.

14.4(4)A contractor shall ensure that a committee

14.4(5)Where there are one or more employers engaged in work on a project site and the employees of those employers are working in the same trade at the site, the employees working in that trade shall designate a person to serve on the committee as an employee representative.

14.4(6)Nothing in subsection (5) prevents employees who work in one trade from designating a person who works in another trade to serve on the committee as an employee representative.

14.4(7)Nothing in this section prevents employers who provide services in one trade from designating a person who is a employer who provides services in another trade to serve on the committee as an employer representative.

14.4(8)Where a committee is of the opinion that it is desirable to have a representative from a trade that has not been prescribed by regulation, the committee may designate the trade for the purposes of the definition “trade” in subsection (1) and shall promptly advise the contractor that the trade has been designated, and the contractor shall ensure that the employers and employees in that trade are advised of the designation.

14.4(9)Subsections (4) to (7), inclusive, apply in respect of a trade designated under subsection (8).