Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 43

             (1)  A person (the first person ) must not organise or take action, or threaten to organise or take action, with intent to coerce another person (the second person ):

                     (a)  to employ, or not employ, a person as a building employee; or

                     (b)  to engage, or not engage, a person as a building contractor; or

                     (c)  to allocate, or not allocate, particular responsibilities to a building employee or building contractor; or

                     (d)  to designate a building employee or building contractor as having, or not having, particular duties or responsibilities.

Note:          Grade A civil penalty.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply unless:

                     (a)  the first person is an organisation or a constitutional corporation; or

                     (b)  the second person is a constitutional corporation; or

                     (c)  the conduct occurs in a Territory or Commonwealth place.