Senator SHERRY (Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate)(6.25 p.m.) —Mr Chairman, we are withdrawing opposition amendments 145, 129 and 130.

Amendments (by Senator Campbell)—by leave—agreed to:

(102)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 96 (line 20) to page 97 (line 11), omit section 170MN, substitute:

170MN Industrial action etc. must not be taken until after nominal expiry date of certain agreements and awards

(1)   From the time when:

   (a)   a certified agreement; or

   (b)   an award under subsection 170MX(3) (which deals with the exercise of arbitration powers on termination of a bargaining period);

   comes into operation until its nominal expiry date has passed, an employee, organisation or officer covered by subsection (2) must not, for the purpose of supporting or advancing claims against the employer in respect of the employment of employees whose employment is subject to the agreement or award, engage in industrial action.

(2)   For the purposes of subsection (1), the following are covered by this subsection:

   (a)   any employee whose employment is subject to the agreement or award;

   (b)   an organisation of employees that is bound by the agreement or award;

   (c)   an officer or employee of such an organisation acting in that capacity.

(3)   If the employee, organisation or officer contravenes subsection (1), the action concerned is not protected action.

(4)   From the time when:

   (a)   a certified agreement; or

   (b)   an award under subsection 170MX(3);

   comes into operation until its nominal expiry date has passed, the employer must not, for the purpose of supporting or advancing claims in respect of the employment of employees whose employment is subject to the agreement or award, lock out such an employee from his or her employment.

(5)   If the employer does so, the lockout is not protected action.

(6)   Engaging in industrial action, or locking out an employee, in contravention of section 170VU is not protected action.

(103)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 103 (line 15), omit "(6)", substitute "(6A)".

(104)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 103 (after line 22), after paragraph (2)(a), insert:

(aa)   is not genuinely trying to reach an agreement with the other negotiating parties; or

(105)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 104 (after line 25), after subsection (6), insert:

(6A)   A circumstance for the purposes of subsection (1) is that:

   (a)   immediately before the commencement of this section, the wages and conditions of the kind of employees whose employment will be subject to the agreement were determined by a paid rates award, or would have been so determined if a certified agreement, an enterprise flexibility agreement (within the meaning of this Act as then in force) or a State employment agreement had not prevailed over the award; and

   (b)   so far as the wages and conditions of the kind of employees whose employment will be subject to the agreement were, before the commencement of this section, customarily determined by an award or a State award, they were determined by a paid rates award; and

   (c)   there is no reasonable prospect of the negotiating parties reaching an agreement under Division 2 or 3 during the bargaining period.

(106)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 104 (line 28), omit "or (6)", substitute ", (6) or (6A)".

(107)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (line 17), after "170MW(3)", insert "or (6A)".

Note about Schedule 9, item 19: The heading to section 170MX (page 105, line 15) is altered by adding at the end "or (6A) ".

(108)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (lines 34 and 35), omit "written order", substitute "award".

(109)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (lines 16 and 17), omit subsection (7).

(110)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (line 27), omit "order", substitute "award".

Note about Schedule 9, item 19: The heading to section 170MZ (page 106, line 26) is altered by omitting "Orders " and substituting "Awards ".

(111)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (line 28), omit "nominated", substitute "nominal".

(112)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (line 29), omit "order", substitute "award".

(113)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 1), omit "order", substitute "award".

(114)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 3), omit "order's nominated", substitute "award's nominal".

(115)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 4), omit "order", substitute "award".

(116)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 5), omit "an employer", substitute "the employer".

(117)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 6), omit "order", substitute "award".

Amendments (by Senator Sherry)—by leave—negatived:

(146)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 93 (lines 2 to 3), omit paragraph (1)(c).

(148)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 93 (line 6), omit "organisation or employee", substitute "or organisation".

(151)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 93 (lines 25 to 27), omit paragraph (3)(c).

(152)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 93 (lines 30 to 33), omit paragraph (e).

(153)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 94 (line 8), omit "(if any)".

(154)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 94 (line 27), omit paragraph (2)(d).

(155)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 95 (line 2), omit "officer or employee", substitute "or officer".

(156)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 95 (lines 14 to 17), omit Note 1.

(157)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 96 (line 19), omit paragraph (d).

(158)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 97 (line 18), omit paragraph (1)(d).

(159)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 97 (lines 24 to 25), omit "or the employee who is a negotiating party".

(160)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 97 (lines 27 to 28), omit "or the employee who is a negotiating party".

(161)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 98 (lines 20 to 33), omit subsection (4).

(162)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 99 (lines 12 to 20), omit subsection (2).

(163)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 102 (line 24), omit paragraph 170MU(2)(a), substitute:

   (a)   standing down the employee as a result of a variation of an award under section 126.

(164)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 102 (lines 25 to 27), omit paragraph 170MU(2)(b).

(167)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 104 (lines 3 to 14), omit subsection (4).

(168)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 104 (line 28), omit ", (4)".

(169)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (line 18), omit "As soon as practicable, the Commission must begin", substitute "Subject to subsection (3), the Commission shall immediately".

(171)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (line 26), omit "after", substitute "before".

(172)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (line 26), omit "as required by", substitute "referred to in".

(173)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 105 (line 33), omit "must, if it considers it appropriate", substitute "shall immediately".

(174)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (lines 1 to 2), omit subsection (4), substitute:

   (4)   A written order for the purposes of subsection (3) includes a paid rates award.

(175)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (line 3), omit "Full Bench", substitute "Commission".

(176)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (line 12), omit "Full Bench", substitute "Commission".

(177)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 106 (lines 18 to 25), omit subsection 170MY(1), substitute:

   (1)   The Commission has the conciliation and arbitration powers in relation to the matters mentioned in subsections 170MX(2) and (3) that it would have:

      (a)   under Part VI in relation to the matters if that Part applied to conciliation and arbitration in relation to the matters instead of in relation to industrial disputes, and

      (b)   under Part VIC.

(178)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (lines 3 to 4), omit "Before the order's nominated expiry date has passed, the Full Bench", substitute "The Commission".

(179)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (lines 5 to 6), omit ", or a majority of the employees,".

Amendment (by Senator Campbell) agreed to:

(118)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (lines 10 to 15), omit subsection (5), substitute:

(5)   If:

   (a)   the award's nominal expiry date has passed; and

   (b)   either:

      (i)   the employer, or an organisation, bound by the award; or

      (ii)   a majority of the employees to whom the award applies;

   request the Commission in writing to terminate the and

   (c)   the Commission has given the following a reasonable opportunity to be heard in relation to the request:

      (i)   the employer bound by the award;

      (ii)   any organisations bound by the award;

      (iii)   the employees to whom the award applies; and

   (d)   the Commission considers that it is not contrary to the public interest to terminate the award;

   the Commission must terminate the award.

Amendment (by Senator Sherry) negatived:

(181)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (lines 10 to 15), omit subsection (5).

Amendments (by Senator Campbell)—by leave—agreed to:

(119)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 16), omit "order", substitute "award".

(120)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 20), omit "order's nominated", substitute "award's nominal".

(121)   Schedule 9, item 19, page 107 (line 23), omit "order", substitute "award".