Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 329

329 Existing work group negotiations

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, negotiations to determine a work group under section 52(1), as in force from time to time before the commencement, had started; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the work group had not been determined.

(2) This section also applies if—

(a) before the commencement, negotiations under section 52(4) to vary an agreement concerning the determination of a work group had started; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the agreement had not been varied.

(3) From the commencement, a relevant union may not become a party to the negotiations under new section 52(1)(c) or (4B).

(4) Subject to subsection (3), from the commencement, former section 52(2) and (5) continues to apply in relation to the negotiations as if the amendment Act had not been enacted.