---
title: "Application for approval of an enterprise agreement (Form F16)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f16-approve-enterprise-agreement"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a14-form-fwc-f16-approve-enterprise-agreement"
area_id: "A14"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A14-T1-R5", "A15-X20260927-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Application for approval of an enterprise agreement (Form F16)

> Link to Fair Work Commission Form F16, the application for approval of a single or multi-enterprise agreement other than a greenfields agreement. The forms table cites section 185.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f16-approve-enterprise-agreement  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Employment & Workplace Relations](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at fwc.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a bargaining representative applies to approve a single-enterprise or multi-enterprise agreement that is not a greenfields agreement. Greenfields agreements use a different form.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft the enterprise or collective agreement and a better-off comparison table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/draft-the-enterprise-or-collective-agreement-and-a-better-off-comparison.md)
- [Build the pre-approval steps record for an enterprise agreement approval](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/build-the-pre-approval-steps-record-for-an-enterprise-agreement-approval.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- The page limits Form F16 to a single or multi-enterprise agreement, not a greenfields agreement.
- Only an employer covered by the agreement, or a bargaining representative for the employer or an employee, or an employee organisation, uses it.
- The forms table cites section 185 and dates the row 23 December 2024.
- The employer declaration is Form F17, not Form F16.

## Authorities

- [Apply to approve a new enterprise agreement (Form F16).](https://www.fwc.gov.au/apply-or-lodge/form/approve-new-enterprise-agreement-form-f16)
- [Forms table: Form F16, section 185, updated 23 December 2024.](https://www.fwc.gov.au/apply-or-lodge/forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.fwc.gov.au/apply-or-lodge/form/approve-new-enterprise-agreement-form-f16)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by fwc.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f16-approve-enterprise-agreement and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*