This Section gives the appropriate authority the power to make provision in circumstances where a Negotiating Body is unable to reach an agreement.
	Subsection (1) confers power on the appropriate authority to make provisions about cases where a Negotiating Body is unable to reach an agreement on a matter.
	Subsection (2) outlines, but does not represent an exhaustive list of, what the regulations made under subsection (1) could provide for:
to resolve disagreements about any matter;
to confer functions on the appropriate authority or a person specified in the regulations; and,
to require a Negotiating Body to act in accordance with decisions made by the appropriate authority, or a person specified in the regulations.
Part 3: Pay and Conditions in Particular Sectors Consideration of matters by Negotiating Body Section 45: Failure to reach an agreement