The employer shall, in any workplace where there must be a health and safety representative in terms of section 17(1) of the Act and within four months after the commencement of these regulations or after commencing business, meet with the registered trade unions of that workplace in order to consult or bargain in good faith and conclude an agreement concerning the-
(a) nomination or election of health and safety representatives;
(b) terms of office of health and safety representatives and the circumstances and the prescribed manner in which they may be removed as health and safety representatives;
(c) manner in which vacancies are to be filled;
(d) manner in which health and safety representatives must perform their functions in terms of the Act; and
(e) facilities, training and assistance that must be provided to a health and safety representative in terms of section 18(3) of the Act; Provided that, where there is no registered trade union, the employer shall enter into consultation with all employee representatives in that workplace in order to conclude an agreement with regard to subregulation (1).