This code applies to the following parties:

However, to avoid doubt, subclause (1)(d) and (e) applies in relation to the provision of services only if the services are provided to the Police in its role as a provider of Police emergency response services.

Before the Police enters into an agreement or arrangement with another employer for the provision of services to the Police, it must notify the employer that this code will apply to the employer in relation to the provision of those services.

However, failure to comply with subclause (3) does not affect the validity of an agreement or arrangement referred to in that subclause.

The purpose of this code is—

In this schedule, unless the context otherwise requires,—

industrial action means a strike by, or a lockout of, Police employees

Police emergency response services means services provided by the Police that directly or indirectly enable maintenance of the Police’s effective response to calls for service where—

1. people are injured or in danger; or
2. there is a serious, immediate, or imminent risk to life or property; or
3. a crime is being or has just been committed and the offenders are still at the scene or have just left

service organisation has the same meaning as in section 55 of the Policing Act 2008.

In all aspects of their employment relationship, the parties must—

In their employment relationship, the parties must—

To enable employees, service organisations, and other unions to comply with subclause (1), employers must ensure that appropriate steps are taken in their workplaces to encourage, enable, and facilitate employee, service organisation, and other union involvement.

The parties must use their best endeavours to resolve, in a constructive manner, any differences between them.

Subclauses (2) to (4) do not limit subclause (1).

As part of the arrangement required under section 32(1)(a), the parties must make every endeavour to agree on a suitable person for the purposes of clause 11(1).

The parties must support collective bargaining where it is practical and reasonable to do so.

The parties must, as far as practical and reasonable, support the definition of coverage that best recognises the parties’ commitment to collective employment arrangements.

During collective bargaining employers must not—

During collective bargaining each party must—

If agreement cannot be reached or the collective bargaining is in difficulty, the parties must give favourable consideration to attending mediation without delay, and must consider third party decision-making.

The parties must recognise that collective bargaining and collective agreements need to—

During industrial action, the Police must provide for public safety by ensuring that emergency response services are available.

As soon as notice of industrial action is received or given, the Police must develop (if it has not already done so) a contingency plan and take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure that it can provide Police emergency response services if industrial action occurs.

If the Police believes it cannot arrange to deliver Police emergency response services during industrial action without the assistance of members of a service organisation or organisations, or other union or unions, the Police must make a request to the relevant service organisation or other union seeking the service organisation’s, or other union’s, and its members’ agreement to maintain or to assist in maintaining Police emergency response services.

The request must include specific details about—

A request must be made by the close of the day after the date of the notice of industrial action.

As soon as practicable after the Police has made a request, but not later than 4 days after the date of the notice of industrial action, the parties must meet and negotiate in good faith and make every reasonable effort to agree on—

An agreement reached between the parties must be recorded in writing.

If the parties cannot reach agreement under clause 10(5) they must, within 5 days after the date of the notice of industrial action, refer the matter for adjudication by a suitable person as agreed by the parties under clause 5.

The adjudicator must conduct the adjudication in a manner he or she considers appropriate and must—

The parties must use their best endeavours to give effect to the determination.

The parties must bear their own costs in relation to any adjudication.

The Police must respect and recognise the right of service organisation members to comment publicly and engage in public debate during collective bargaining on matters relevant to the collective bargaining.

This clause applies subject to clauses 13 to 15.

Before a service organisation member exercises the right specified in clause 12(1) in relation to the operations of the Police, the employee must first—

If the service organisation member is dissatisfied with the Police’s response or there is no response from the Police, the service organisation member may exercise the right specified in clause 12(1) if the service organisation member makes it clear that he or she is—

When exercising the right specified in clause 12(1), a service organisation member employee must not breach legal or operational requirements of confidentiality in respect of individual cases, operations, or investigations.

To avoid doubt, clauses 12 to 15 do not prevent a service organisation, or other union, or its representatives from making public comments or engaging in public debate on any matter relating to the Police.

This code applies to bargaining for any collective agreement which began before the commencement of the code.