Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Any of the following may apply to the FWC for the making of a road transport contractual chain order:
(a) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more persons in a road transport contractual chain;
(b) a regulated business in a road transport contractual chain;
(c) a person who is a primary party to the first contract or arrangement in a road transport contractual chain;
(d) the Minister;
(e) a person or body prescribed by the regulations.
Note: An Expert Panel can hear applications under this Act for the road transport industry together: see subsection 582(4).
Matters to be specified in an application
(2) An application for the making of a road transport contractual chain order must specify the classes of persons in a road transport contractual chain to be covered by the order.
(3) Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection (2), the class may be described by reference to a particular industry or sector, or part of an industry or sector, or particular kinds of work.