INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1999 - SECT 629 629 Disadvantaging another to induce vote or omission to vote

Queensland Consolidated Acts

629 Disadvantaging another to induce vote or omission to vote

(1) A person must not cause, inflict or procure a disadvantage to anyone or anything because of, or to induce—

(a) a vote or omission to vote in an amalgamation or withdrawal ballot (a ballot); or

(b) a promise of a vote or omission to vote in a ballot.

Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

cause a disadvantage includes offering, suggesting and threatening a disadvantage.

disadvantage includes damage, detriment, injury, loss, punishment and violence.