WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 331 Multiple-business agreements

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 331

             (1)  A multiple‑business agreement is an agreement that:

                     (a)  relates to any combination or combinations of the following:

                              (i)  one or more single businesses;

                             (ii)  one or more parts of single businesses;

                            carried on by one or more employers; and

                     (b)  would be a collective agreement of a type mentioned in section 327, 328, 329 or 330 but for the matter in paragraph (a).

Note:          For civil remedy provisions dealing with the making or variation of a multiple‑business agreement, see sections 343 and 376.

             (2)  So far as the context permits, this Part (apart from this Division) has effect in relation to a multiple‑business agreement of a particular type as if the agreement were a collective agreement (other than a multiple‑business agreement) of that type.

             (3)  So far as the context permits, this Part (apart from this Division) has effect in relation to a multiple‑business agreement with more than one employer as if a reference to the employer in relation to an agreement were a reference to an employer in relation to the agreement.