Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2009 - SCHEDULE 15

1   Meanings of employee and employer

In this Schedule, employee means a national system employee and employer means a national system employer.

2   Application of FW Act--stand down under transitional instruments

Subsection   524(2) of the FW Act (which deals with circumstances allowing stand down) applies in relation to a transitional instrument as if a reference to an enterprise agreement included a reference to a transitional instrument.

3   Transitional instruments providing for authorisation by third party

Despite item   4 of Schedule   3, subsection   691A(5) of the WR Act does not continue to apply in relation to WR Act instruments that become transitional instruments.

Note:   This means that a provision of a transitional instrument that is a provision of the kind described in subparagraph   691A(1)(c)(ii) of the WR Act (being a provision requiring an employer to apply to a third party for authorisation to stand down employees in certain circumstances) has effect on and after the WR Act repeal day.

4   Application of FW Act--stand down under Division   2B State instruments

Subsection   524(2) of the FW Act (which deals with circumstances allowing stand down) applies in relation to a Division   2B State instrument as if a reference to an enterprise agreement included a reference to a Division   2B State instrument.