Industrial Relations Act 1996

An association of contract drivers may enter into an agreement with a bailor of a public vehicle, or with an association of employing contractors representing bailors of public vehicles, with respect to the conditions of contracts of bailment made with that bailor or with bailors represented by the association.

An association of contract carriers may enter into an agreement with a principal contractor, or with an association of employing contractors, with respect to the conditions of contracts of a specified class made with carriers by that principal contractor or with principal contractors represented by the association.

A group of carriers may enter into an agreement with a principal contractor, or with an association of employing contractors, with respect to the conditions of contracts of a specified class made with those carriers by that principal contractor or with principal contractors represented by that association. Those carriers are taken to be one of the parties to the agreement for the purposes of this Part.

An agreement under this section is required to be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the parties to it.

An agreement under this section must identify the parties to the agreement and describe the class of contracts to which it relates. In particular, an agreement under subsection (3) must identify each member of the group of carriers that enters into the agreement.

An agreement under this section is called a contract agreement.