Subject to any applicable occupational health and safety legislation, a representative trade union and an employer may agree -
(a) that the employer must consult with the workplace forum with a view to initiating, developing, promoting,
monitoring and reviewing measures to ensure health and safety at work;
(b) that a meeting between the workplace forum and the employer constitutes a meeting of a health and safety committee required to be established in the workplace by that legislation; and
(c) that one or more members of the workplace forum are health and safety representatives for the purposes of that legislation.