Contents

Chapter 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1

3............ Main object of Act ............................................................................. 2

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 3

5............ Definition of building work ................................................................ 9

6............ Definition of office ............................................................................ 10

7............ Extension to Christmas Island .......................................................... 11

8............ Act to bind Crown ............................................................................ 11

Chapter 2--Australian Building and Construction Commissioner             12

Part 1--Australian Building and Construction Commissioner                     12

9............ ABC Commissioner and Deputy ABC Commissioners .................. 12

10.......... Functions of ABC Commissioner .................................................... 12

11.......... Minister's directions to ABC Commissioner ................................... 13

12.......... Minister may require reports ........................................................... 14

13.......... Delegation by ABC Commissioner .................................................. 14

14.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 14

Part 2--Administrative provisions                                                                               16

15.......... Appointment .................................................................................... 16

16.......... Acting ABC Commissioner .............................................................. 16

17.......... Remuneration .................................................................................... 17

18.......... Application of the Judges' Pensions Act to a former Judge of the Federal Court who becomes the ABC Commissioner .......................................................................................................... 17

19.......... Application of the Judges' Pensions Act to a former member of the AIRC who becomes the ABC Commissioner .......................................................................................................... 17

20.......... Leave ................................................................................................. 18

21.......... Engaging in other paid employment etc. ........................................... 18

22.......... Disclosure of interests ...................................................................... 19

23.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 19

24.......... Termination of appointment ............................................................ 19

25.......... Staff and consultants ........................................................................ 20

26.......... Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner . 21

Chapter 3--The Building Code                                                                                      22

27.......... Minister to issue Building Code ....................................................... 22

28.......... Building industry participants to report on compliance with Code . 22

Chapter 4--Occupational health and safety                                                           24

Part 1--Federal Safety Commissioner                                                                      24

29.......... Federal Safety Commissioner ........................................................... 24

30.......... Functions of Federal Safety Commissioner ...................................... 24

31.......... Minister's directions to Federal Safety Commissioner .................... 25

32.......... Delegation by Federal Safety Commissioner .................................... 25

33.......... Acting Federal Safety Commissioner ............................................... 25

34.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 26

Part 2--Accreditation scheme for Commonwealth building work              27

35.......... Accreditation scheme ........................................................................ 27

Chapter 5--Industrial action etc.                                                                                  29

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              29

36.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 29

Part 2--Unlawful industrial action                                                                                32

37.......... Definition of unlawful industrial action ............................................ 32

38.......... Unlawful industrial action prohibited ............................................... 32

39.......... Injunction against unlawful industrial action .................................... 32

Part 3--Protected industrial action                                                                              34

40.......... Action involving extraneous participants ......................................... 34

Part 4--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        35

42.......... Payments in relation to periods of building industrial action ........... 35

Chapter 6--Discrimination, coercion and unfair contracts                            36

43.......... Coercion in relation to engagement etc. of building employees and building contractors         36

44.......... Coercion of persons to make, vary, terminate etc. enterprise agreements etc.        36

45.......... Discrimination against employer in relation to industrial instruments 37

46.......... Coercion in relation to superannuation ............................................. 38

Chapter 7--Enforcement                                                                                                   40

Part 1--Contravention of civil penalty provisions                                               40

48.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 40

49.......... Penalties etc. for contravention of civil penalty provision ............... 40

50.......... Multiple proceedings for same conduct ........................................... 42

51.......... Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings 42

Part 2--Compliance etc. powers                                                                                    43

Division 1--ABC Commissioner's powers to obtain information etc. 43

52.......... ABC Commissioner's powers to obtain information etc. ................ 43

53.......... Certain excuses not available in relation to section 52 requirements 45

54.......... Protection from liability ................................................................... 45

55.......... Retention and copying etc. of documents ........................................ 46

56.......... ABC Commissioner may make and keep copies of documents ....... 47

Division 2--Powers of ABC Inspectors                                                            48

57.......... Australian Building and Construction Inspectors ............................ 48

58.......... Identity cards for ABC Inspectors ................................................... 48

59.......... Power to enter premises etc. ............................................................ 49

Division 3--Powers of Federal Safety Officers                                              53

60.......... Federal Safety Officers ..................................................................... 53

61.......... Identity cards for Federal Safety Officers ........................................ 53

62.......... Powers to enter premises etc. to ascertain compliance with Building Code             54

63.......... Powers to enter premises etc. to ascertain compliance with accreditation scheme 56

Chapter 8--Miscellaneous                                                                                               60

64.......... Project agreements not enforceable ................................................... 60

65.......... Protection of confidentiality of information ..................................... 60

66.......... Reports not to include information relating to an individual's affairs 63

67.......... ABC Commissioner to publicise non‑compliance ............................ 64

68.......... Delegation by Minister ..................................................................... 64

69.......... Building association responsible for conduct of members etc. ......... 65

70.......... Capacity, state of mind etc. of person being coerced etc. ................ 65

71.......... ABC Commissioner intervention in court proceedings .................... 66

72.......... ABC Commissioner may make submissions in FWA proceedings .. 66

73.......... ABC Commissioner or ABC Inspector may institute proceedings under the FW Act, etc.    66

73A....... ABC Commissioner or ABC Inspector may institute proceedings under the Independent Contractors Act 2006 67

74.......... General Manager of FWA must keep ABC Commissioner informed 68

75.......... Jurisdiction of courts ........................................................................ 68

75A....... Exercising jurisdiction in the Fair Work Division of the Federal Court 70

75B....... Exercising jurisdiction in the Fair Work Division of the Federal Magistrates Court                71

76.......... Court not to require undertaking as to damages ............................... 71

77.......... ABC Commissioner etc. not liable for conduct in good faith ........... 71

78.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 72

Notes                                                                                                                                             75

 

  

  

Notes to the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

Note 1

The Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 113, 2005 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50 as amended by SLI 2006 No. 119) and the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 2) (SLI 2006 No. 99). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005	113, 2005	12 Sept 2005	Ss. 4-8, 36-38, 41 and 42: 9 Mar 2005 Remainder: Royal Assent
Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Act 2006	163, 2006	11 Dec 2006	Schedule 2 (items 6, 6A, 8-19): 1 Mar 2007 (see s. 2(1) and F2007L00412)	--
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (OHS) Act 2007	153, 2007	24 Sept 2007	Schedule 1 (item 2): 1 Oct 2007 (see F2007L03846) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 5)
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008	8, 2008	20 Mar 2008	Schedules 1-7: 28 Mar 2008 (see F2008L00959) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008	26, 2008	23 June 2008	Schedule 1 (items 43-46): Royal Assent	--
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	S. 4: Royal Assent Schedule 8 (items 2-84, 155-158): (a)	S. 4 and Sch. 8 (items 155-158)

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (items 24 and 30) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
24.  Schedule 8, items 1 to 130	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)
30.  Schedule 8, items 140 to 161	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Chapter 1
S. 4....................................	am. SLI 2006 Nos. 50 and 99; No. 163, 2006; No. 8, 2008; No. 54, 2009
Chapter 2
Part 1
S. 10..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009
Part 2
S. 24..................................	am. No. 26, 2008
Chapter 4
Part 1
S. 34..................................	am. No. 153, 2007
Part 2
Part 2 of Chapt. 4...............	rs. No. 153, 2007
S. 35..................................	rs. No. 153, 2007
Chapter 5
Part 1
S. 36..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
Part 3
Heading to Part 3............... of Chapt. 5	rs. No. 54, 2009
S. 40..................................	am. No. 54, 2009
S. 41..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50
	rep. No. 54, 2009
Part 4
S. 42..................................	am. SLI 2006 Nos. 50 and 119; No. 54, 2009
Chapter 6
Heading to s. 44.................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
Ss. 44, 45..........................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
Example to s. 45(1)............	ad. SLI 2006 No. 50
	rep. No. 54, 2009
S. 46..................................	am. No. 54, 2009
S. 47..................................	rs. SLI 2006 No. 50
	rep. No. 163, 2006
Chapter 7
Part 1
S. 50..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
Chapter 8
S. 64..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
Subhead. to s. 65(5)..........	am. No. 153, 2007
S. 65..................................	am. No. 153, 2007; No. 54, 2009
S. 67..................................	am. No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009
S. 71..................................	am. No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009
Heading to s. 72.................	am. No. 54, 2009
S. 72..................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Heading to s. 73.................	am. No. 54, 2009
Subhead. to s. 73(1)..........	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
S. 73..................................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009
S. 73A................................	ad. No. 163, 2006
	am. No. 54, 2009
Heading to s. 74.................	am. No. 54, 2009
S. 74..................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Subhead. to s. 75(3)..........	am. No. 54, 2009
S. 75..................................	am. No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009
Ss. 75A, 75B.....................	ad. No. 54, 2009
S. 76..................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Ss. 77, 78..........................	am. No. 163, 2006; No. 54, 2009

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (OHS) Act 2007
(No. 153, 2007)

Schedule 1

5  Transitional--consultants

(1)        This item applies if, immediately before the commencement of item 1 of this Schedule, a person is engaged as a consultant under section 34 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005.

(2)        The person's engagement has effect from the commencement of item 1 as if the person were engaged under section 34 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 as amended by that item.

Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 (No. 54, 2009)

4  Definition

                   In this Act:

WR Act repeal day has the meaning given by Schedule 2 to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.

Schedule 8

155  General transitional provision relating to functions and powers of the ABC Commissioner and ABC inspectors

If the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 confers a function or power on the ABC Commissioner or an ABC inspector in relation to the Fair Work Act 2009, the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 has effect, on and after the WR Act repeal day, as if the function or power were also conferred in relation to:

                     (a)  the Workplace Relations Act 1996 as in force before the WR Act repeal day; and

                     (b)  the Workplace Relations Act 1996 as continued in force after the WR Act repeal day by the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.

156  Transitional provision relating to paragraph 44(1)(c)

Despite the amendment of paragraph 44(1)(c) of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 made by item 50 of this Schedule, that paragraph applies, in relation to a building agreement made before the WR Act repeal day as if it referred to that agreement.

157  Transitional provision relating to paragraph 64(1)(d)

Despite the repeal of paragraph 64(1)(d) of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 by item 63 of this Schedule, that paragraph continues to apply, in relation to an agreement entered into before the WR Act repeal day, as if it had not been repealed.

158  Transitional provisions relating to the Industrial Registrar

(1)        Section 65 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 applies, on and after the WR Act repeal day, in relation to the Industrial Registrar as if the Industrial Registrar were a designated person.

(2)        Section 74 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005, as in force immediately before the WR Act repeal day, continues to apply in relation to an application lodged before that day.

(3)        Subsection 77(2) of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 applies, on and after the WR Act repeal day, in relation to the Industrial Registrar as if the Industrial Registrar were a protected person.