77Industrial agreements

#### 77 Industrial agreements (1) An industrial agreement under Part X of the previous Act that had been executed by all the parties to the industrial agreement before the commencement and that was in force immediately before the commencement shall, after the commencement, continue to have the same effect as it would have had if the previous Act had not been repealed. (2) Part X of the previous Act has effect in relation to an industrial agreement to which subsection (1) applies as if: (a) references in that Part to the former Industrial Registrar, or the former Registrar, were references to the Industrial Registrar, or to a Registrar, as the case may be; (b) subsection 177(2) of the previous Act were omitted and the following subsection were substituted: “(2) Such penalties may be proceeded for and recovered in the same manner as penalties for breach of an award under the Industrial Relations Act 1988.”; (c) section 178 of the previous Act were omitted; (d) the reference in section 179 of the previous Act to employment to which Division 1A of Part III of that Act applies were a reference to public sector employment; and (e) the first reference in section 179 of the previous Act to the former Commission were a reference to the new Commission and the second reference in that section to the former Commission included a reference to the new Commission.