Fair Work Act 2009
536MLNotice of consultation period for a proposed collective agreement
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536ML Notice of consultation period for a proposed collective agreement
(1) The following entities may initiate a consultation period for a proposed collective agreement by giving a notice under this section (a consultation notice for the agreement):
(a) a regulated business that will be covered by the proposed collective agreement;
(b) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated workers who will be covered by the proposed collective agreement.
General matters to be specified in a consultation notice
(2) A consultation notice for a proposed collective agreement must specify the following:
(a) that the entity giving the notice (the notifying entity) proposes to try to make a collective agreement under this Part;
(b) whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) if the notifying entity is a regulated business—the name of the organisation to which the consultation notice is given;
(ii) otherwise—the name of the organisation giving the consultation notice;
(c) the matters that are to be dealt with by the proposed collective agreement;
(d) the regulated business that will be covered by the proposed collective agreement;
(e) the class of regulated workers who will be covered by the proposed collective agreement.