New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (ETHICAL CLOTHING TRADES) ACT 2001 - SECT 17

17 Authorisations for section 51 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

(1) This section takes effect on the day on which the mandatory code takes effect.

(2) The following are specifically authorised by this Act for the purposes of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth and the Competition Code of New South Wales :

(a) any agreements entered into before or after the commencement of this section by persons in order to comply with any requirements imposed on them by the mandatory code,

(b) the conduct of the persons in entering into any such agreements,

(c) the conduct of the persons in performing any such agreements,

(d) any thing done by persons in order to comply with any requirements imposed on them by the mandatory code.

(3) Things authorised to be done by subsection (2) are authorised only to the extent (if any) that they would otherwise contravene Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth or the Competition Code of New South Wales .

(4) In this section:
"agreement" includes a contract, arrangement or understanding.