Section 536PD — Fair Work Act 2009: Road transport contractual chain orders

(1) The FWC may make an order (a road transport contractual chain order) that sets standards for regulated road transport contractors, road transport employee-like workers and other persons in a road transport contractual chain. Note 1: The FWC must be constituted by an Expert Panel for the purposes of making a road transport contractual chain order (see subsection 617(10B)). Note 2: A time-sensitive road transport contractual chain order is a road transport contractual chain order (see the definition of time-sensitive road transport contractual chain order in section 12). (2) A road transport contractual chain order cannot confer rights or impose obligations on a person in the capacity of an employee. (3) The FWC may make a road transport contractual chain order under this section: (a) on its own initiative; or (b) on application under subsection 536PE(1). (4) The FWC must not make a road transport contractual chain order that covers road transport employee-like workers unless the FWC considers it appropriate.