Section 251A — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Restriction on variation of single interest employer authorisation

Despite subsection 251(4), the FWC must not vary a single interest employer authorisation if, as a result of the variation, the proposed enterprise agreement to which the authorisation relates would cover employees in relation to general building and construction work.

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Related sections

s 249A — Restriction on making single interest employer authorisations
s 250 — What a single interest employer authorisation must specify
s 251 — Variation of single interest employer authorisations
s 252 — Variation to extend period single interest employer authorisation is in operation
s 253 — Terms of an enterprise agreement that are of no effect
s 254 — Applications by bargaining representatives

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