Section 339Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Additional effect of this Part

In addition to the effect provided by section 338, this Part also has the effect it would have if any one or more of the following applied:

(a) a reference to an employer in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to a national system employer;

(b) a reference to an employee in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to a national system employee;

(c) a reference to an industrial association in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to an organisation, or another association of employees or employers, a purpose of which is the protection and promotion of the interests of national system employees or national system employers in matters concerning employment;

(d) a reference to an officer of an industrial association in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to an officer of an organisation;

(e) a reference to a person, another person or a third person in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to a constitutionally‑covered entity;

(f) a reference to a workplace law in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to a workplace law of the Commonwealth;

(g) a reference to a workplace instrument in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to a workplace instrument made under, or recognised by, a law of the Commonwealth;

(h) a reference to an industrial body in one or more provisions of this Part were a reference to an industrial body performing functions or exercising powers under a law of the Commonwealth.

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