Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:17_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 17 cl 1
Character Range: 1187758–1190249

1  Definitions

 (1) In this Schedule:

federal system employer has the same meaning as in the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule.

industrial instrument means:
 (a) an award; or
 (b) a collective agreement; or
 (c) a preserved State agreement; or
 (d) a notional agreement preserving State awards.

notional agreement preserving State awards means an agreement that, on the reform commencement, will be taken to come into operation under clause 31 of Schedule 15 to this Act.

office, in relation to a State‑registered association, has its ordinary meaning.

preserved State agreement means an agreement that, on the reform commencement, will be taken to come into operation under clause 3 or 10 of Schedule 15 to this Act.

reform commencement means the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005.

rule, in relation to State‑registered association, has its ordinary meaning.

State demarcation order means a State award, to the extent that it relates to the rights of a State‑registered association to represent the interests under a State or Territory industrial law of a particular class or group of employees.

State employment agreement means an agreement:
 (a) between an employer and one or more of the following:
 (i) an employee of the employer;
 (ii) a trade union; and
 (b) that regulates wages and conditions of employment of one or more of the employees; and
 (c) that is in force under a State or Territory industrial law; and
 (d) that prevails over an inconsistent State award.

State‑registered association means a body that is:
 (a) an industrial organisation for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 of New South Wales; or
 (b) an organisation for the purposes of Chapter 12 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 of Queensland; or
 (c) an association or organisation for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 of Western Australia; or
 (d) a registered association for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 1994 of South Australia; or
 (e) an organization for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 of Tasmania.

transitionally registered association means a State‑registered association that is registered under this Schedule.

 (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, the following terms have the meaning they would have for the purposes of this Act on the reform commencement:
 (a) employee;
 (b) employer;
 (c) employment;
 (d) State or Territory industrial law.