AP792378CRV - Pastoral Industry Award 1998

5. WHERE AND WHO THIS AWARD COVERS

5.1 Where does this award apply?

5.1.1 Subject to 5.1.2 hereof, this award applies in:

Victoria;
New South Wales;
Tasmania;
South Australia; and
Western Australia

5.1.2 In respect of crutching work the locality of the award shall be as follows:

• Crutching at sheds; the award shall apply in the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia; and
• Crutching other than at sheds; the award shall only apply in the States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

5.1.3 For all purposes of this award, the Australian Capital Territory shall be deemed to be part of New South Wales.

5.2 This award shall be binding upon employers in respect of all employees whether members of the union or not.

5.3 Employees shall be bound by this award only when employed by employers bound by this award.

5.4 Who does the award apply to?

[5.4.1 corrected by Q6829 from 29Jun98]

5.4.1 This award shall apply to all employees, other than those specified in subclause 5.4.2 hereof, employed by respondent employers in connection with the management, rearing or grazing of sheep, cattle, horses or other livestock, the sowing, raising or harvesting of crops, the preparation and treatment of land for any of these purposes, and the shearing or crutching of sheep.

This award bind all employers as defined and the union.

5.4.2 This award shall not apply to:

• members of the employer’s family;
• managers, overseers, woolclassers, shearing machine experts, bookkeepers, jackaroos, domestic cooks (as defined) or domestic servants (as defined).
• bona fide students of a recognised university, college or high school who work as station hands during the course of their studies or during recognised work experience programs to gain experience in the industry.

Provided that this award shall apply to students engaged as shed hands or generally useful hands for shearing or crutching operations.

5.4.3 This award shall not apply to shearing demonstrations or shearing schools provided that such demonstrations or schools are conducted on a non-profit making basis.