Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a code to be known as the Road Transport Industry Termination Code.
(2) Without limiting the matters covered by the Road Transport Industry Termination Code, the code must deal with the following matters:
(a) matters that constitute or may constitute a valid reason for termination;
(b) rights of response to terminations;
(c) the internal processes of road transport businesses in relation to a termination;
(d) communication between the regulated road transport contractor and road transport business in relation to a termination.
(3) A person's termination was consistent with the Road Transport Industry Termination Code if, immediately before the time of the termination, or at the time the person was given notice of the termination (whichever happened first), the regulated road transport business that terminated the services contract concerned or as a result of whose conduct the services contract concerned was terminated, complied with the Road Transport Industry Termination Code.