SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 11A Collective agreement with the seafarers' bargaining unit

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 11A

  (1)   The owner of a ship may make an agreement (a collective agreement ) with the seafarers' bargaining unit for the ship about the terms and conditions of employment or engagement of all the seafarers working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.

Note:   Before a ship can be registered in the International Register, the owner of the ship must make a collective agreement under subsection   ( 1): see paragraph   15F(3)(b).

  (2)   The seafarers' bargaining unit for a ship is a body consisting of a representative from each employee organisation that:

  (a)   has, as a member, one or more seafarers who will work on the ship when it is used to engage in international trading; and

  (b)   is entitled to represent the industrial interests of those seafarers in relation to that work; and

  (c)   has given written notice to the owner of the ship that it wishes to be a member of the body and has not withdrawn that notice.

  (3)   The regulations may prescribe requirements in relation to the making of a collective agreement under this section.

  (4)   The Fair Work Act 2009 does not apply in relation to the making of a collective agreement under this section, and a collective agreement under this section is not an enterprise agreement for the purposes of that Act.