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536JZ  Applications for minimum standards orders
 (1) Any of the following may apply to the FWC for the making of a minimum standards order:
 (a) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more regulated workers who would be covered by the proposed minimum standards order;
 (b) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more of the regulated businesses that would be covered by the proposed minimum standards order;
 (c) a regulated business that is included in a class of regulated businesses that would be covered by the proposed minimum standards order;
 (d) the Minister.
Note: An Expert Panel can hear applications under this Act for the road transport industry together: see subsection 582(4).

Matters to be specified in an application
 (2) An application under subsection (1) must specify whether it is an application for an employee‑like worker minimum standards order or a road transport minimum standards order.
 (3) An application for the making of a minimum standards order must specify the class of regulated workers to be covered by the order.
 (3A) An application for the making of a minimum standards order must specify the class of regulated businesses to be covered by the order.
 (4) Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection (3) or (3A), the class may be described by reference to a particular industry or sector, or part of an industry or sector, or particular kinds of work.

Subdivision B—Matters relating to employee‑like worker minimum standards orders