Fair Work Act 2009

The Road Transport Advisory Group may establish subcommittees to advise it in relation to matters relevant to the performance of its functions.

A subcommittee may include persons who are not members of the Road Transport Advisory Group, but a subcommittee must be chaired by a member.

The Road Transport Advisory Group must establish a subcommittee under subsection (1) of which a majority of the members are owner drivers or representatives of owner drivers:

if a proposed road transport minimum standards order or a proposed road transport contractual chain order will cover owner drivers; or

if the FWC proposes to perform a function or exercise a power in relation to a road transport minimum standards order or a road transport contractual chain order that has, or may have, an effect upon owner drivers that is more than minor or technical.