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(1) Industrial action by employees is authorised by a protected action ballot if: (a) the action was the subject of the ballot; and (b) at least 50% of the employees on the roll of voters for the ballot voted in the ballot; and (c) more than 50% of the valid votes were votes approving the action; and (d) the action commences: (i) during the 30-day period starting on the date of the declaration of the results of the ballot; or (ii) if FWA has extended that period under subsection (3)during the extended period. Note: Under Division 2, industrial action by employees for a proposed enterprise agreement (other than employee response action) is not protected industrial action unless it has been authorised in advance by a protected action ballot. (2) If: (a) the nature of the proposed industrial action specified in the question or questions put to the employees in the protected action ballot included periods of industrial action of a particular duration; and (b)