Section 171 - Picketing

(1) It is lawful in furtherance of a lawful strike or lockout for any person to be present at or near not less than ten meters away from his or her workplace or former workplace or place of business of the employer or former employer, for the purpose of peacefully communicating information or peacefully persuading any other person not to enter the workplace or place of business, work or deal in or handle the employers' products or do business with the employer.

(2) Picketing is unlawful if it is conducted at a place less than ten meters away from the workplace or place of business of the worker, and any person who engages in an unlawful picketing is liable for any damage, loss or injury suffered by any other person as a result of the unlawful picketing.