Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) immediately before the commencement, a local government was a respondent to a transitional award; and
(b) the respondents named or listed in the transitional award are the same or substantially the same as the respondents named or listed in a substitute State award as in force immediately before the commencement.
(2) On the commencement, the substitute State award mentioned in subsection (1)(b) applies to the local government and any employee of the local government.
(3) However, in relation to employees to whom a transitional award applied immediately before the commencement, the substitute State award is amended so that the remuneration under the transitional award continues to apply.
(4) Subject to subsection (3), the substitute State award has effect according to its terms.
(5) This section does not affect the operation of section 165.
(6) In this section—
substitute State award means an award taken to be made by the commission, and amended, as provided for in section 747.