Fair Work Act 2009
419FWC must order that industrial action by non-national system employees or non-national system employers stop etc.
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419 FWC must order that industrial action by non‑national system employees or non‑national system employers stop etc.
Stop orders etc.
(1) If it appears to the FWC that industrial action by one or more non‑national system employees or non‑national system employers:
(a) is:
(i) happening; or
(ii) threatened, impending or probable; or
(iii) being organised; and
(b) will, or would, be likely to have the effect of causing substantial loss or damage to the business of a constitutional corporation;
the FWC must make an order that the industrial action stop, not occur or not be organised (as the case may be) for a period specified in the order.
Note: For interim orders, see section 420.
(2) The FWC may make the order:
(a) on its own initiative; or
(b) on application by either of the following:
(i) a person who is affected (whether directly or indirectly), or who is likely to be affected (whether directly or indirectly), by the industrial action;
(ii) an organisation of which a person referred to in subparagraph (i) is a member.
(3) In making the order, the FWC does not have to specify the particular industrial action.