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Fair Work Act 2009
218AVariation of enterprise agreements to correct or amend errors, defects or irregularities
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218A Variation of enterprise agreements to correct or amend errors, defects or irregularities
Subdivision C—Termination of enterprise agreements by employers and employees
219 Employers and employees may agree to terminate an enterprise agreement
220 Employers may request employees to approve a proposed termination of an enterprise agreement
221 When termination of an enterprise agreement is agreed to
222 Application for the FWC’s approval of a termination of an enterprise agreement
223 When the FWC must approve a termination of an enterprise agreement
224 When termination comes into operation
Subdivision D—Termination of enterprise agreements after nominal expiry date
225 Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date
226 Terminating an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date
226A Guarantee of termination entitlements
227 When termination comes into operation
Division 7A—Reconsideration of whether an enterprise agreement passes the better off overall test
227A Application for FWC to reconsider whether an enterprise agreement passes the better off overall test
227B Reconsideration of whether an enterprise agreement passes the better off overall test
227C Effect of undertakings
227D Effect of amendment
227E No creation of liability to pay pecuniary penalty for past conduct
Division 8—FWC’s general role in facilitating bargaining
Subdivision A—Bargaining orders
228 Bargaining representatives must meet the good faith bargaining requirements
229 Applications for bargaining orders
230 When the FWC may make a bargaining order
231 What a bargaining order must specify
232 Operation of a bargaining order
233 Contravening a bargaining order
Subdivision B—Intractable bargaining declarations
234 Applications for intractable bargaining declarations
235 When the FWC may make an intractable bargaining declaration
235A Post‑declaration negotiating period
Subdivision C—Majority support determinations and scope orders
236 Majority support determinations
237 When the FWC must make a majority support determination
238 Scope orders
239 Operation of a scope order
Subdivision D—FWC may deal with a bargaining dispute on request