Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:249:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 249 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 714612–715392

meaning; and
 (b) subject to paragraph (c), all employees employed by the employer at the time that the application for the authorisation was made are to be counted; and
 (c) a casual employee is not to be counted unless, at that time, the employee is a regular casual employee of the employer; and
 (d) associated entities of the employer are taken to be one entity.

Operation of authorisation
 (4) The authorisation:
 (a) comes into operation on the day on which it is made; and
 (b) ceases to be in operation at the earlier of the following:
 (i) at the same time as the enterprise agreement to which the authorisation relates is made;
 (ii) 12 months after the day on which the authorisation is made or, if the period is extended under section 252, at the end of that period.