Industrial Relations Act 1996

Application for approval of an enterprise agreement may be made by lodging the agreement with the Industrial Registrar in accordance with this Part and the rules of the Commission.

At proceedings of the Commission relating to any such application for approval, the following may appear or be represented—

any party to the agreement,

an industrial organisation, if its members or persons eligible to become members are affected by the agreement,

a State peak council (but only with leave of the Commission),

the President of the Anti-Discrimination Board (but only with leave of the Commission).

The Commission is to deal with any such application for approval within 28 days, unless it requires additional time to do so because of the special circumstances of the case.