Determining whether the FWC would have been required to make a supported bargaining authorisation
216AC Determining whether the FWC would have been required to make a supported bargaining authorisation
For the purposes of paragraph 216AB(1)(a), the FWC is to determine whether it is satisfied that it would have been required to make the supported bargaining authorisation in accordance with sections 243 and 243A, modified as follows:
as if paragraph 243(1)(a), subparagraph 243(1)(b)(iii) and paragraphs 243(1)(c) and (2A)(a) were omitted;
as if references to the employers included the employer who made the application under section 216AA for approval of the variation;
as if references to employees who will be covered by the agreement, or an employee, were references to the affected employees or an affected employee;
as if all of the words in paragraph 243(2A)(b) were replaced with the words “the affected employees are, at the time the application for approval of the variation is being considered, employees in an industry, occupation or sector declared by the Minister under subsection (2B)”.
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