(1) An excluded matter, or a matter affecting or relating to an excluded matter, is not an industrial matter for the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .
(2) However, subsection (1) —(a) is subject to section 155 (6) ; and(b) does not apply for a dismissal of a public service officer who is employed on a permanent basis; and(c) has no effect on the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 471 .
(3) Without limiting subsection (1) , an industrial instrument does not apply to a person who holds an office mentioned in section 140 (1) (b) .
(4) In this section—
"industrial matter" see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 9 .