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Industrial Relations Act 2016
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### sec.213 Deciding designated awards
This section applies if—
an employer, or an employee organisation, proposes to make a certified agreement; and
there is no relevant award for some or all of the persons to whom the agreement will apply.
The employer or organisation must apply to the commission for a decision under subsection (3) .
On application, the commission must decide that an award that regulates employment conditions of employees engaged in a similar kind of work as the person under the proposed agreement is appropriate for deciding whether the agreement passes the no-disadvantage test.
The commission must give the employer or organisation in written notice of the commission’s decision.
(sec.213-ssec.1) This section applies if— an employer, or an employee organisation, proposes to make a certified agreement; and there is no relevant award for some or all of the persons to whom the agreement will apply.
(sec.213-ssec.2) The employer or organisation must apply to the commission for a decision under subsection (3) .
(sec.213-ssec.3) On application, the commission must decide that an award that regulates employment conditions of employees engaged in a similar kind of work as the person under the proposed agreement is appropriate for deciding whether the agreement passes the no-disadvantage test.
(sec.213-ssec.4) The commission must give the employer or organisation in written notice of the commission’s decision.
- (a) an employer, or an employee organisation, proposes to make a certified agreement; and
- (b) there is no relevant award for some or all of the persons to whom the agreement will apply.