6AInterpretation and application of applied industrial relations laws

6A Interpretation and application of applied industrial relations laws

(1) Subject to this section, the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) applies, without the amendments made by this Ordinance, in relation to an applied industrial relations law. (2) A reference in an applied industrial relations law to New South Wales in a geographical sense, however expressed, is taken to include a reference to the Territory. (3) The following provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), as amended by this Ordinance, apply in relation to an applied industrial relations law: (a) section 38D (special rules relating to the Parliament); (b) section 53B (establishment or appointment of statutory bodies); (c) section 75A (publication in Territory or Commonwealth Gazette). (4) An applied industrial relations law applies, in the Territory, only in relation to the following: (a) an officer or employee of New South Wales; (b) an authority of New South Wales (within the meaning of section 18B of the Norfolk Island Act 1979); (c) an officer or employee of an authority of New South Wales (within the meaning of section 18B of the Norfolk Island Act 1979); and only to the extent that the officer, employee or authority is exercising powers or performing functions or duties under an arrangement entered into under section 18C of the Norfolk Island Act 1979. (5) An applied industrial relations law that provides for the appointment of a person to an office or position, or the removal or suspension of a person from an office or position, is not taken to require the appointment, removal or suspension of a person in the Territory separately from the appointment, removal or suspension of the person in New South Wales.