Section 70ZB — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Access requests and response notices

Access requests and response notices 70ZB 1 A qualifying trade union may give an employer a request for access by one or more officials of the union for any of the access purposes.

2 A request under subsection (1)—

a may request access on one or more occasions;

b may include the terms on which access is requested (including as to what (if any) assistance the employer is requested to provide in relation to the access).

3 A request under subsection (1) must—

a be in the prescribed form;

b include the prescribed information;

c be given in the prescribed manner.

4 An employer that has been given a request under subsection (1) may give the union a notice agreeing with the request or disagreeing with the request (in whole or in part).

5 A notice under subsection (4) must—

a be in the prescribed form;

b include the prescribed information;

c be given in the prescribed manner.

6 In this Chapter— “ access request ” means a request under subsection (1) given in accordance with subsection (3); “ response notice ” means a notice under subsection (4) given in accordance with subsection (5).