Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 420

Application must be determined within 2 days

             (1)  As far as practicable, FWA must determine an application for an order under section 418 or 419 within 2 days after the application is made.

Interim orders

             (2)  If FWA is unable to determine the application within that period, FWA must, within that period, make an interim order that the industrial action to which the application relates stop, not occur or not be organised (as the case may be).

             (3)  However, FWA must not make the interim order if FWA is satisfied that it would be contrary to the public interest to do so.

             (4)  In making the interim order, FWA does not have to specify the particular industrial action.

             (5)  An interim order continues in operation until the application is determined.