Fair Work Act 2009

Any of the following may apply to the FWC for the making of a road transport contractual chain order:

an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more persons in a road transport contractual chain;

a regulated business in a road transport contractual chain;

a person who is a primary party to the first contract or arrangement in a road transport contractual chain;

the Minister;

a person or body prescribed by the regulations.

An Expert Panel can hear applications under this Act for the road transport industry together: see subsection 582(4).

The Minister may determine that an application for a road transport contractual chain order is an emergency application in order to deal with a time‑sensitive event or circumstance, or series of events or circumstances, that is negatively impacting, or may negatively impact, the road transport industry nationally: see section 536PEA.

An application for the making of a road transport contractual chain order must specify the classes of persons in a road transport contractual chain to be covered by the order.

Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection (2), the class may be described by reference to a particular industry or sector, or part of an industry or sector, or particular kinds of work.