This Section makes provision to allow for contracting out of the rights and duties in Chapters 2 to 5 (including Schedule A1) of the ERA 1996 where there is a collective agreement and certain conditions are met.
	Subsection (2) inserts a new Chapter 6 into Part 2A of the ERA 1996, consisting of new sections 27BW - 27BZ1, which specifies when the rights and duties in Chapters 2 to 5 (including Schedule A1) do not apply as a result of a collective agreement and makes further provision relating to this.
	Subsection (3) amends section 203 of the ERA 1996 to allow for the rights in Chapters 2 to 5 (including Schedule A1) to be contracted out of.
Part 1: Employment Rights Zero hours workers, etc Section 5: Collective agreements: contracting out