Industrial Relations Act 2016

This section applies if a person (the proposer) proposes to negotiate with a view to a bargaining instrument being made.

The proposer must give each of the following persons a written notice (a notice of intention) of the proposer’s intention to start negotiating—

the other proposed parties to the negotiations;

if the negotiations relate to a project agreement—all relevant employee organisations and the commission.

The proposer must give the notice of intention at least 14 days before the negotiations are proposed to start.

If an existing bargaining instrument or arbitration determination applies to the parties, the proposer must not give the notice of intention more than 6 months before the nominal expiry date.

Subsection (4) applies subject to the provisions of the bargaining instrument.