Section 216AA — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Application for approval

(1) If a variation of a supported bargaining agreement is made as mentioned in section 216A, the employer to be covered by the agreement must apply to the FWC for approval of the variation.

Material to accompany the application

(2) The application must be accompanied by:

(a) a signed copy of the variation; and

(b) a copy of the agreement as proposed to be varied; and

(c) any declarations that are required by the procedural rules to accompany the application.

When the application must be made

(3) The application must be made:

(a) within 14 days after the variation is made; or

(b) if in all the circumstances the FWC considers it fair to extend that period—within such further period as the FWC allows.

Signature requirements

(4) The regulations may, for the purposes of this Subdivision, prescribe requirements relating to the signing of variations.

Related sections

• s 216 — When variation comes into operation
• s 216A — Variation of supported bargaining agreement to add employer and employees
• s 216AAA — Terms of variation must be explained to employees
• s 216AB — When the FWC must approve a variation of a supported bargaining agreement to add employer and employees
• s 216AC — Determining whether the FWC would have been required to make a supported bargaining authorisation
• s 216AD — Determining whether a variation of a supported bargaining agreement to add employer and employees has been genuinely agreed to by affected employees

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