Section 536QQFair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Applications for road transport contractual chain guidelines

(1) Any of the following may apply to the FWC for the making of road transport contractual chain guidelines:

(a) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more of the persons that would be covered by the proposed road transport contractual chain guidelines;

(b) a regulated business that would be covered by the proposed road transport contractual chain guidelines;

(c) a person who is a primary party to the first contract or arrangement in a road transport contractual chain that would be covered by the proposed road transport contractual chain guidelines;

(d) the Minister;

(e) a person or body prescribed by the regulations.

Matters to be specified in an application

(2) An application for the making of road transport contractual chain guidelines must specify the class of persons in a road transport contractual chain to be covered by the guidelines.

(3) Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection (2), the class may be described by reference to a particular industry or sector, or part of an industry or sector, or particular kinds of work.

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