Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 536PM

Terms relating to coverage

  (1)   A road transport contractual chain order must include terms setting out in accordance with this section:

  (a)   the work in the road transport industry covered by the road transport contractual chain order; and

  (b)   the persons in a road transport contractual chain covered by the road transport contractual chain order.

  (2)   A road transport contractual chain order must be expressed to cover persons in a road transport contractual chain, including specified regulated road transport contractors or road transport employee - like workers.

  (3)   For the purposes of subsection   (2):

  (a)   persons in a road transport contractual chain other than regulated road transport contractors or road transport employee - like workers may be specified by name or by inclusion in a specified class or specified classes; and

  (b)   regulated road transport contractors and road transport employee - like workers must be specified by inclusion in a specified class or specified classes.

  (4)   Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection   (3), 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.