Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM (AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA ZONE OF COOPERATION) (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1990 No. 37, 1990 - SECT 16

16. After section 5 of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:
Special provision for industrial disputes in the Australia-Indonesia Zone of
Cooperation

"5A. (1) In this section, 'Area A of the Zone of Cooperation' and 'the Treaty'
have the same meaning as in the Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of 
Cooperation) Act 1990 .

"(2) This Act applies to disputes between employers and persons employed on
structures in Area A of the Zone of Cooperation where:

   (a)  the terms and conditions of employment are governed by an employment
        contract or collective agreement in accordance with Article 24 of the
        Treaty; and

   (b)  negotiation between the parties to a dispute has failed to settle the
        dispute; and

   (c)  the employment contract or collective agreement identifies the
        conciliation and arbitration system established by this Act as the
        applicable dispute settlement mechanism; as if those disputes were
        industrial disputes within the meaning of this Act.".