FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 544 Time limit on applications

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 544

    A person may apply for an order under this Division in relation to a contravention of one of the following only if the application is made within 6 years after the day on which the contravention occurred:

  (a)   a civil remedy provision;

  (b)   a safety net contractual entitlement;

  (c)   an entitlement arising under subsection   542(1).

Note 1:   This section does not apply in relation to general protections court applications, sexual harassment court applications or unlawful termination court applications (see subparagraphs   370(a)(ii), 527T(1)(a)(ii) and 778(a)(ii)).

Note 2:   For time limits on orders relating to underpayments, see subsection   545(5).