sec.167Requirements for making bargaining awards

### sec.167 Requirements for making bargaining awards A bargaining award may be made only if— all of the parties who will be covered by the bargaining award consent to the making of the bargaining award; and immediately before the bargaining award is made, an award is in effect under which the only employers and employees covered are the employers and employees who will be covered by the bargaining award. - (a) all of the parties who will be covered by the bargaining award consent to the making of the bargaining award; and - (b) immediately before the bargaining award is made, an award is in effect under which the only employers and employees covered are the employers and employees who will be covered by the bargaining award.