Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00331:clause:7_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00331
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 3
Character Range: 285352–287545

3  Definitions
(1) In this Division:
award includes a State reference transitional award or common rule.
designated award, for an employee or employees who are or may be covered by an enterprise agreement, means an award determined by the FWA under item 8, and includes an award taken to be so designated in relation to the employee or employees under item 7 (unless a different award has been designated in relation to the employee or employees under item 8).
industrial instrument means any of the following:
 (a) an AWA;
 (b) a workplace agreement;
 (c) a pre‑reform AWA;
 (d) a pre‑reform certified agreement;
 (e) a workplace determination (within the meaning of the WR Act);
 (f) a section 170MX award;
 (g) an old IR agreement;
 (h) a preserved State agreement.
reference instrument has the meaning given by subitem 5(1).
relevant general instrument has the meaning given by subitem 5(2).

Application of this Division to variations
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, this Division applies to an enterprise agreement as proposed to be varied in a corresponding way to the way in which it applies to an enterprise agreement.
(3) For the purposes of subitem (2):
 (a) a reference in a provision of this Division to an employee who is covered by the agreement is taken to be a reference to an employee who is one of the affected employees for the variation of the agreement (within the meaning of the FW Act); and
 (b) a reference in a provision of this Division to the employees who are covered by the agreement is taken to be a reference to the affected employees for the variation; and
 (c) a reference in a provision of this Division to an application for approval of the agreement under section 185 of the FW Act is taken to be a reference to an application for approval of a variation of the agreement under section 210 of that Act.

Application of this Division to prospective employees
(4) For the purposes of applying this Division to an enterprise agreement, a reference to an employee who is covered by the enterprise agreement is, so far as the context permits, taken to include a reference to a person who may at a future time be covered by the enterprise agreement.