Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00283:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00283
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1492–4441

3  Interpretation

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

award means:
 (a) an award made under, or a certified agreement that is taken to be an award made under, the Workplace Relations Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Fair Work Act; or
 (b) an award made under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, an order made by the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission under that Act or a memorandum certified in accordance with section 28 of that Act.

Conciliation and Arbitration Act means the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904.

Fair Work Act means the Fair Work Act 2009.

Fair Work Australia, or FWA, means the body established by section 575 of the Fair Work Act.

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act means the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009.

Federation means:
 (a) subject to paragraph (b), the association that was registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act by the name "The Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation"; or
 (b) if the name of that association has been or is changed—that association under the new name.

non‑registered association means:
 (a) the Federation; or
 (b) another association:
 (i) that is not an organisation within the meaning of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act; and
 (ii) that was formed in or in connection with the industry or a part of the industry in or in connection with which The Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation was registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act immediately before the commencement of the Builders Labourers' Federation (Cancellation of Registration) Act 1986; and
 (iii) a substantial number of the members of which are persons who are within one or more of the following categories:
 (A) persons who are or have been members of the Federation;
 (B) persons who perform work that renders them eligible, or that would, if performed in another part of Australia, render them eligible, to be members of the Federation;
 (C) persons who perform work that, if they had been performing it immediately before the commencement of the Builders Labourers' Federation (Cancellation of Registration) Act 1986, would have rendered them eligible or would, if performed in another part of Australia, have rendered them eligible, to be members of the Federation.

State association means:
 (a) each of the following associations:
 (i) the association that was registered under the Trade Union Act 1881 of New South Wales by the name "Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers' Federation of New South Wales";
 (ii) the association that was registered under the Industrial Relations Act 1990 of Queensland by the name "Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation (Queensland Branch) Union of Employees";
 (iii) the association that was registered under the Industrial