Industrial Relations Act 2016

To enable negotiating parties to reach agreement about the matters that are the subject of the negotiations, during the peace obligation period the parties can not—

take industrial action for the purpose of—

supporting or advancing claims made in the course of the negotiations; or

responding to industrial action by the employer or the relevant employees; or

ask the commission to help the parties to reach agreement under part 3, division 1.

In this section—

peace obligation period means the period—

starting on the later of the following days—

the day the notice of intention for the negotiations is given;

the day a scope order for a proposed bargaining instrument comes into operation; and

ending on the later of the following days—

the nominal expiry date of any existing bargaining instrument;

21 days after the period started.