New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 344

344 Interpretation of applied provisions

For the purposes of the application of the applied provisions--

(a) a reference to employment is to be read as a reference to engagement under a contract of bailment or carriage, and

(b) a reference to an employer is to be read as a reference to a bailor of public vehicles or principal contractor, and

(c) a reference to employees is to be read as a reference to bailees of public vehicles or carriers, and

(d) a reference to remuneration of an employee (however expressed) is to be read as a reference to amounts payable to a bailee under the contract of bailment or amounts payable to a carrier under the contract of carriage, and

(e) a reference to an award is to be read as a reference to a contract determination, and

(f) a reference to an enterprise agreement is to be read as a reference to a contract agreement, and

(g) a reference to an industrial organisation is to be read as a reference to an association of employing contractors, an association of contract drivers or an association of contract carriers, and

(h) a reference to an industrial organisation of employers is to be read as a reference to an association of employing contractors, and

(i) a reference to an industrial organisation of employees is to be read as a reference to an association of contract drivers or an association of contract carriers, and

(j) a reference (in Part 7 of Chapter 5) to relevant employees in relation to an organisation is to be read as a reference to persons who are or are eligible to be members of an association.