Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 597

597 Meaning of counterpart federal body for ch 12

(1) In this chapter, a federal organisation or a branch or part of a federal organisation (
"federal body" ) is a
"counterpart federal body" of an organisation (
"State body" ) if—

(a) a substantial number of members of the State body are—

(i) members or eligible to be members of the federal body; or

(ii) engaged in the same work, in aspects of the same work or in similar work as members of the federal body; or

(iii) employed in the same or similar work by employers engaged in the same industry as members of the federal body; or

(iv) engaged in work or in industries for which there is a community of interest between the federal body and the State body; or

(b) there is an agreement in force under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act , section 151 , between the federal body and the State body.

(2) If subsection (1) (a) or (b) applies to more than 1 State body for the same federal body, the federal body is a counterpart federal body of each of the State bodies.