Section 232 — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

A bargaining order in relation to a proposed enterprise agreement:

(a) comes into operation on the day on which it is made; and

(b) ceases to be in operation at the earliest of the following:

(i) if the order is revoked—the time specified in the instrument of revocation;

(ii) when the agreement is approved by the FWC;

(iii) when a workplace determination that covers the employees that would have been covered by the agreement comes into operation;

(iv) when the bargaining representatives for the agreement agree that bargaining has ceased.

Note: See also section 255A (limitations relating to greenfields agreements).

Related sections

• s 229 — Applications for bargaining orders
• s 230 — When the FWC may make a bargaining order
• s 231 — What a bargaining order must specify
• s 233 — Contravening a bargaining order
• s 234 — Applications for intractable bargaining declarations
• s 235 — When the FWC may make an intractable bargaining declaration

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