Industrial Relations Act 1996

This section applies to an enterprise agreement that is in the process of being negotiated and that will cover employees to whom no State or Federal award would otherwise apply.

A party to any such enterprise agreement may, before making an application for approval of the enterprise agreement under this Part, make a written application to the Industrial Registrar for a determination of the relevant State or Federal award against which the enterprise agreement will be compared for the purposes of the application of the “no net detriment” test in section 35 (1) (b2).

The Industrial Registrar must—

advise any person or body entitled to be advised of the proposed enterprise agreement under section 36 (3) of the application made under this section, and

advise the applicant, any such person or body and the Commission of the relevant State or Federal award determined by the Industrial Registrar.

If a determination is made by the Industrial Registrar under this section, the determination applies for the purposes of the application of the “no net detriment” test in section 35 (1) (b2), subject to the result of any appeal under this Act to the Commission against the determination of the Industrial Registrar.

If a determination is not made by the Industrial Registrar under this section, the determination of the matter is to be made by the Commission at the time of the application of the “no net detriment” test under section 35 (1) (b2).