Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A consultation notice for a proposed collective agreement must be given on the same day:
(a) to the FWC; and
(b) to whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) if the notifying entity is a regulated business--to an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of the regulated workers who will be covered by the proposed collective agreement;
(ii) otherwise--to the regulated business that will be covered by the agreement.
(2) The notifying entity for a consultation notice, and the entity to which the consultation notice is given, are the negotiating entities for the proposed collective agreement.
(3) The FWC must publish a copy of the consultation notice on the FWC's website.