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FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS ACT 2022 - SECT 43

43 Employer association may apply to be employer bargaining party

1 If the chief executive notifies, under section 37 , that the chief executive has approved an eligible union’s application to initiate bargaining for a proposed FPA, an employer association that wishes to be an employer bargaining party on the employer bargaining side for the proposed FPA must apply to the chief executive for approval to do so.

2 An application must—

a) be in writing; and

b) state the following details:

i) the name of the employer association:

ii) the name of a primary contact person for the employer association:

iii) the email address of the primary contact person; and

c) contain evidence that the employer association is an eligible employer association; and

d) be signed by an authorised representative of the employer association; and

e) include any other information required by regulations.

3 An employer association may only apply to be an employer bargaining party on the employer bargaining side between—

a) the date on which the chief executive approves the initiation of bargaining for the proposed FPA; and

b) the earliest of the following dates:

i) the date on which the chief executive validates the proposed FPA under section 168 :

ii) the date on which a bargaining party applies, in accordance with section 244 , for a determination under section 252 in relation to the proposed FPA:

iii) the date on which bargaining for the proposed FPA is discontinued.