Section 536PE — Fair Work Act 2009: Applications for road transport contractual chain orders

(1) Any of the following may apply to the FWC for the making of a road transport contractual chain order: (a) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more persons in a road transport contractual chain; (b) a regulated business in a road transport contractual chain; (c) a person who is a primary party to the first contract or arrangement in a road transport contractual chain; (d) the Minister; (e) a person or body prescribed by the regulations. Note 1: An Expert Panel can hear applications under this Act for the road transport industry together: see subsection 582(4). Note 2: The Minister may determine that an application for a road transport contractual chain order is an emergency application in order to deal with a time-sensitive event or circumstance, or series of events or circumstances, that is negatively impacting, or may negatively impact, the road transport industry nationally: see section 536PEA. Matters to be specified in an application (2) An application for the making of a road transport contractual chain order must specify the classes of persons in a road transport contractual chain to be covered by the order. (3) Without limiting the way in which a class may be described for the purposes of subsection (2), the class may be described by reference to a particular industry or sector, or part of an industry or sector, or particular kinds of work.