Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section makes provision in relation to each of the following federal instruments in force immediately before the commencement—
(a) an Australian workplace agreement;
(b) a pre-reform AWA.
(2) On the commencement, a federal instrument to which this section applies is taken to be a QWA approved by the commission under section 203 that is in operation until the earlier of the following—
(a) the nominal expiry date stated in the federal instrument;
(b) 15 March 2009;
(c) the day the employee in relation to whom the QWA operates is bound by a certified agreement that is certified by the commission after the commencement.
(3) Subject to subsection (2) and section 746, and despite section 192(3)(c) and (4), the QWA has effect according to its terms.