Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00079:clause:1_523
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00079
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 523
Character Range: 251038–251829

523  After subsection 173(2)
Insert:
 (2A) A bargaining representative of an employee who will be covered by a proposed single‑enterprise agreement (other than a greenfields agreement) may give the employer who will be covered by the proposed agreement a request in writing to bargain for the proposed agreement if:
 (a) the proposed agreement will replace an earlier single‑enterprise agreement (the earlier agreement) that has passed its nominal expiry date; and
 (b) a single interest employer authorisation did not cease to be in operation because of the making of the earlier agreement; and
 (c) no more than 5 years have passed since the nominal expiry date; and
 (d) the proposed agreement will cover the same, or substantially the same, group of employees as the earlier agreement.