WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 589 Application and terminology
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 589
Application and terminology(1) The Subdivision applies if:
(a) a person is bound by a collective agreement; and
(b) another person:
(i) becomes at a later time; or
(ii) is likely to become at a later time;
the successor, transmittee or assignee of the whole, or a part, of the business of the person referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) For the purposes of this Subdivision:
(a) the outgoing employer is the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a); and
(b) the incoming employer is the person first referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and
(c) the business concerned is the business, or the part of the business, to which the incoming employer becomes, or is likely to become, the successor, transmittee or assignee; and
(d) the transfer time is the time at which the incoming employer becomes, or is likely to become, the successor, transmittee or assignee of the business concerned.