Industrial Relations Act 2016

An industrial organisation, or an officer or member of an industrial organisation, must not demand payment of a bargaining services fee from any person.

Note—

This subsection is a civil penalty provision.

Subsection (1) does not apply if the bargaining services fee is payable to the industrial organisation under a contract for the provision of bargaining services.

In this section—

bargaining services means services provided by, or for, an industrial organisation in relation to a bargaining instrument or proposed bargaining instrument, including in relation to bargaining for, or certifying, making, amending or terminating, the bargaining instrument or proposed bargaining instrument.

bargaining services fee—

means a fee (however described) payable to—

an industrial organisation; or

someone instead of an industrial organisation; but

does not include a membership fee.

demand includes—

purport to demand; and

do anything that would—

have the effect of demanding; or

purport to have the effect of demanding.