Victorian Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO 107 OF 2004) - SECT 53

    (1)     A person must not coerce or attempt to coerce another person—

        (a)     not to make, or to withdraw, a request under section 43; or

        (b)     in the conduct of negotiations concerning a designated work group or groups (including negotiations for a variation of an agreement) under Division 1 or 2; or

        (c)     in relation to the other person being represented in such negotiations.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     The Magistrates' Court may grant an injunction requiring a person not to contravene or to cease contravening sub-section (1).

    (3)     If a court convicts a person or finds a person guilty of an offence against sub-section (1), the court may make any order that it considers appropriate relating to the validity of all or part of an agreement under Division 1 or 2 (as the case may be).