536NZInteraction of road transport contractual chain orders with State and Territory laws

536NZ Interaction of road transport contractual chain orders with State and Territory laws

(1) A road transport contractual chain order prevails over a law of a State or Territory, to the extent of any inconsistency.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a term of a road transport contractual chain order applies subject to the following:

(a) a law of a State or Territory specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph, to the extent that the law is so specified;

(b) a law of a State or Territory that provides for rights or remedies by reference to a law described in paragraph (a).

References to State and Territory law

(3) Without limiting any other provision of this Act, a reference in this section to a law of a State or Territory:

(a) includes a reference to a regulation, rule or other instrument (however described) made pursuant to, or for the purposes of, a law of a State or Territory; and

(b) is a reference to a law of a State or Territory as in force from time to time.