Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1979 - SECT 42C

42C .         Code of good faith

        (1)         The Commission may make a code of good faith to provide guidance about the application of the duty of good faith under section 42B in relation to bargaining for an industrial agreement —

            (a)         generally; or

            (b)         in relation to particular types of situations.

        (2)         The code shall not be inconsistent with this Division.

        (3)         Section 43(7), (8) and (9) of the Interpretation Act 1984 apply to the code as if it were subsidiary legislation.

        (4)         The Commission may amend or revoke the code or revoke it and substitute another code for it.

        (5)         The Commission shall cause the code, and any amendment or substituted code or any revocation of a code, to be published in the Industrial Gazette for public information.

        (6)         In this section —

        Commission means the Commission in Court Session.

        [Section 42C inserted by No. 20 of 2002 s. 133.]