Pay Equity Claims

   55. Jurisdiction in relation to pay equity claims---(1) Subject to
 section 66 of this Act, where a pay equity assessment has been made in
 respect of a female occupation, a pay equity claim may, in negotiations
 under Part VII of the Labour Relations Act 1987 for an award or
 agreement, be made in respect of some or all of the workers in that
 occupation.

   (2) The workers to whom the pay equity claim relates---
   (a) Must be covered by the whole or part of the coverage clause of the
         proposed award or agreement; and
   (b) Must be within the definition of the female occupation that was
         the subject of the pay equity assessment.

   (3) A pay equity claim in respect of some or all of the workers in a
 female occupation may be made at any time after the making of the pay
 equity assessment in respect of that female occupation.