Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS ACT 1993 - SECT 71

71 .         Coercion of employers by commercial pressure

        (1)         A person must not —

            (a)         in the course of carrying on any trade or business refuse to deal with or threaten to refuse to deal with an employer on the ground that —

                  (i)         the employer is, or is not, a party to a workplace agreement with the employer’s employees; or

                  (ii)         a workplace agreement between the employer and the employer’s employees contains, or does not contain, any particular provision;

                or

            (b)         cause, encourage, or procure another person to do anything that contravenes paragraph (a).

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1) references to refusing to deal with an employer mean —

            (a)         refusing to make use of, or refusing to agree to make use of, any service offered by the employer;

            (b)         refusing to receive, or refusing to agree to receive, any goods offered by the employer; or

            (c)         refusing to supply, or refusing to agree to supply, goods or services to the employer.