Commencement: 

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

TRADE DISPUTES (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 10 OF 1995

Arrangement of Sections

1.	Amendment of Part 5 of Chapter 162
2.	Commencement

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

TRADE DISPUTES (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 10 OF 1995

An Act to amend the Trade Disputes Act [CAP. 162].

BE IT ENACTED by the President and the Parliament as follows: -

AMENDMENT OF PART 5 OF CHAPTER 162

1.	Part 5 of the Trade Disputes Act [CAP. 162] is amended by inserting after the heading "PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO STRIKES, LOCK-OUTS ETC." the following section -

"NOTICE OF STRIKE OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL ACTION

33A.	(1)	Where any strike or other industrial action is contemplated by a trade union or workers the following procedure shall be followed -

(a)	at least 30 days’ notice of the proposed strike or other industrial action shall be given in writing to the Commissioner and to the employer of every worker who may be involved in the action;

(b)	the notice shall be signed by the person or persons giving it and if given by a trade union, shall specify the name of such trade union and, if not given by a trade union, shall specify the names, addresses and employment of all persons by or on behalf of whom it is given;

(c)	the notice shall state the date on or after which the strike or other industrial action is contemplated; and

(d)	the notice shall be delivered by hand or by forwarding the same by registered post.

(2)	Any person contravening or failing to comply with any of the requirements of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that no prosecution in respect of such offence shall be instituted except with the written consent of the Attorney General.

(3)	The immunity against liability in tort conferred on a registered trade union or any other person by, or in pursuance or, sections 18 of 19 of the Trade Unions Act [CAP. 161] shall not apply with respect to any action taken without comply with the provisions of subsection (1)."

COMMENCEMENT

2.	This Acts shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

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