Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_240:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 240 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 729934–732996

240  Definitions

 (1) In this Part:

bargaining services means services provided by (or on behalf of) an industrial association in relation to an agreement, or a proposed agreement, under Part VB (including the negotiation, making, approval, lodgment, operation, extension, variation or termination of the agreement).

bargaining services fee means a fee (however described) payable:
 (a) to an industrial association; or
 (b) to someone else in lieu of an industrial association;
wholly or partly for the provision, or purported provision, of bargaining services, but does not include membership dues.

Commonwealth place means a place referred to in paragraph 52(i) of the Constitution, other than the seat of government.

conduct includes an omission.

Court means the Federal Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Court.

industrial association means:
 (a) an association of employees and/or independent contractors, or an association of employers, that is registered or recognised as such an association (however described) under an industrial law; or
 (b) an association of employees and/or independent contractors a principal purpose of which is the protection and promotion of their interests in matters concerning their employment, or their interests as independent contractors, as the case requires; or
 (c) an association of employers a principal purpose of which is the protection and promotion of their interests in matters concerning employment and/or independent contractors;
and includes a branch of such an association, and an organisation.

industrial body means:
 (a) the Commission; or
 (b) a court or commission, however designated, exercising under an industrial law powers and functions corresponding to those conferred on the Commission by this Act; or
 (c) a court or commission, however designated, exercising under an industrial law powers and functions corresponding to those conferred on the Commission by the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule.

industrial instrument means an award or agreement, however designated, that:
 (a) is made under or recognised by an industrial law; and
 (b) concerns the relationship between an employer and the employer's employees, or provides for the prevention or settlement of a dispute between an employer and the employer's employees.

industrial law means this Act, the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule or a law, however designated, of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory that regulates the relationships between employers and employees or provides for the prevention or settlement of disputes between employers and employees.

objectionable provision has the meaning given by section 271.

office, in relation to an organisation or industrial association or a branch of an organisation or industrial association, has the meaning given by section 242.

officer, in relation to an industrial association, means:
 (a) a person who holds an office in the association; or
 (b) a delegate or other representative of the association; or