(1) Not later than 7 days after receiving notification under section 84D(1), or, if notification is not so received, not later than 7 days after otherwise becoming aware of the existence of a relevant dispute, the Registrar shall ¾

(a) inform the Chief Commissioner accordingly; and

(b) cause to be published in a newspaper circulating throughout the State a notice advising that, within 14 days of publication of the notice a State employer or organization may make written application to the Chief Commissioner ¾

(i) to have the related State organization struck out as a party to an award or industrial agreement with respect to all of the employees, or with respect to any employee or group or class of employee, bound by the relevant award or industrial agreement; and

(ii) to have another organization substituted as a party to the award or industrial agreement in place of that related State organization.

(2) An application may include the nomination of another organization to be substituted as a party to the award or industrial agreement in place of the related State organization.

(3) A State employer shall not make an application unless that employer is bound by the relevant award or industrial agreement or would, but for the terms of a workplace agreement, be bound by the relevant award or industrial agreement.

[Section 84E inserted by No. 3 of 1997 s.20.]