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Industrial Relations Act 1984
61DParties to enterprise agreement
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### 61D Parties to enterprise agreement
> *\[Section 61D Inserted by No. 59 of 1992, s. 40 \]*
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> > (1) An enterprise agreement may be made between any employer and any one of the following:
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> > > > (a) one or more employee organizations representing persons employed in the enterprise;
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> > > > (b) each of at least 60% of the individuals employed in one or more classes of employment in the enterprise;
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> > > > (c) an employee committee formed under this Part to represent persons employed in the enterprise;
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> > > > (d) [*\[Section 61D Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 29, Applied:28 Jun 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-06-28/act-1997-018#GS29@Hpa@EN) any other person employed in the enterprise who is not included in [paragraph (a)](#GS61D@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , [(b)](#GS61D@Gs1@Hpb@EN) or [(c)](#GS61D@Gs1@Hpc@EN) .
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> > (2) [*\[Section 61D Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 29, Applied:28 Jun 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-06-28/act-1997-018#GS29@Hpb@EN) *\[Section 61D Subsection (2) amended by No. 90 of 1994, s. 13 \]*Subject to [section 61ZD](#GS61ZD@EN) [(1A)](#GS61ZD@Gs1A@EN) , before employees or an employee committee can become a party to an enterprise agreement, the proposed agreement must be approved in a secret ballot by at least 60% of the persons employed in the enterprise in the one or more classes of employment to which the agreement is to apply.