WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 453 Material to accompany application

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 453

             (1)  The application must be accompanied by:

                     (a)  a copy of the notice given under subsection 423(3) to initiate the relevant bargaining period; and

                     (b)  a copy of the particulars that accompanied that notice as required by section 426; and

                     (c)  a declaration by the applicant under subsection (4) of this section.

             (2)  If the applicant is an organisation of employees, the application must be accompanied by a written notice showing that the application has been duly authorised by a committee of management of the organisation or by someone authorised by such a committee to authorise the application.

             (3)  If the applicant is an employee, or a group of employees, represented by an applicant's agent, the application must be accompanied by a document containing the name of the employee, or each of those employees.

             (4)  The applicant's declaration must state that the industrial action to which the application relates is not for the purpose of supporting or advancing claims to include in the proposed collective agreement any prohibited content.

             (5)  The declaration must be in the form prescribed by the regulations.

             (6)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person makes, or joins in making, a declaration under subsection (4); and

                     (b)  the declaration contains a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty for contravention of this subsection:       30 penalty units.