Meaning of “contract of carriage”—s 309
88 Meaning of “contract of carriage”—s 309
A contract determination or contract agreement, as in force on the commencement date, does not apply to an expansion contract unless the contract determination or contract agreement is varied to specifically include the expansion contract or the class of expansion contracts.
The Commission may, on its own motion or on application in accordance with this Act, vary a contract determination or contract agreement to specifically include an expansion contract or class of expansion contracts.
In this clause—
commencement date means the date of commencement of the Industrial Relations Amendment (Transport Sector Gig Workers and Others) Act 2025, Schedules 1[3]–[7] and [21] and 2.
expansion contract—
means a contract of a kind that—
immediately before the commencement date, was not a contract of carriage within the meaning of this Act, and
on and after the commencement date, is a contract of carriage within the meaning of this Act, and
includes the following—
a contract that is made in the ordinary course of business for the carriage of packaged goods for different principal contractors by the use of the same motor vehicle or bicycle,
a contract for the carriage of mail by or on behalf of Australia Post,
a contract for the carriage of bread, milk or cream for sale or delivery for sale,
a contract for the carriage of goods that are to be sold pursuant to orders solicited during the carriage of the goods, or
a contract for the delivery of meals to homes or other premises for consumption,
a contract that is a contract of carriage by operation of this Act, section 309(5), definition of prescribed circumstances, paragraphs (a)–(c).
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed circumstances
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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