A qualifying trade union may give an employer a request for access by one or more officials of the union for any of the access purposes.
A request under subsection (1)—
may request access on one or more occasions;
may include the terms on which access is requested (including as to what (if any) assistance the employer is requested to provide in relation to the access).
A request under subsection (1) must—
be in the prescribed form;
include the prescribed information;
be given in the prescribed manner.
An employer that has been given a request under subsection (1) may give the union a notice agreeing with the request or disagreeing with the request (in whole or in part).
A notice under subsection (4) must—
be in the prescribed form;
include the prescribed information;
be given in the prescribed manner.
In this Chapter—
"access request" means a request under subsection (1) given in accordance with subsection (3);
"response notice" means a notice under subsection (4) given in accordance with subsection (5).