Section 768AJFair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

What is a State award?

(1) A State award is an instrument in relation to which the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) the instrument regulates terms and conditions of employment;

(b) the instrument was made under a State industrial law by a State industrial body;

(c) the instrument is referred to in that law as an award.

(2) However, the regulations may provide that an instrument of a specified kind:

(a) is a State award; or

(b) is not a State award.

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