Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council may make a code of practice for the purpose of ensuring that outworkers in the clothing industry receive their lawful entitlements.
(2) In particular, the Governor in Council may make a code of practice if it is considered—
(a) that current voluntary self-regulatory mechanisms are inadequate to achieve improvements in the level of compliance with obligations to ensure outworkers receive their lawful entitlements; or
(b) that persons engaged in the clothing industry are not in good faith attempting to negotiate improvements or extensions to the current voluntary self-regulatory mechanisms.
(3) The code may require employers or other persons engaged in the clothing industry to adopt the standards of conduct and practice relating to outworkers in the clothing industry that are set out in the code.
(4) The Governor in Council must give notice of the making of the code of practice.
(5) The notice is subordinate legislation.
(6) A contravention of the code of practice is an offence.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(7) An award prevails over a code of practice to the extent of any inconsistency.
(8) A magistrate may hear and decide a complaint for an offence under this section.