TRADE REPRESENTATIVES ACT 1933

This compilation was prepared on 22 December 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 144 of 2008

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents

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

2............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

3............ Appointment of Trade Representatives ............................................. 1

4............ Trade Representatives who were not previously officers of Public Service 1

4A......... Resignation ......................................................................................... 1

5............ Removal of Trade Representatives ..................................................... 2

6............ Duties of Trade Representatives ........................................................ 2

8............ Designation of Trade Representatives ................................................ 2

9............ Trade Representatives not to engage in business ............................... 2

10.......... Trade Representative may appoint officers ....................................... 2

11.......... Determination of conditions of service ............................................... 3

11A....... Tabling, disallowance, etc. of determinations ..................................... 5

11B....... Evidence .............................................................................................. 5

11C....... Delegation ........................................................................................... 5

12.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 6

Notes 7

Note 1

The Trade Representatives Act 1933 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 74, 1933 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Trade Commissioners Act 1933	74, 1933	15 Dec 1933	15 Dec 1933
Trade Commissioners Act 1936	64, 1936	1 Dec 1936	1 Dec 1936	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Public Service Amendment Act 1978	170, 1978	28 Nov 1978	Ss. 1, 2, 5, 7‑11, 14, 15, 18, 25 and 38: Royal Assent Remainder: 15 Mar 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S43, p. 1)	S. 45(2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 1 Oct 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S383, p. 1): (a)	--
Australian Trade Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985	187, 1985	16 Dec 1985	Part VII (ss. 45-59): (b)	Ss. 58 and 59
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1986	76, 1986	24 June 1986	S. 3: (c)	S. 9
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 956-960): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)	--
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008	144, 2008	9 Dec 2008	Schedule 8 (item 14): 10 Dec 2008	--

(48) The amendments of the Trade Commissioners Act 1933 made by this Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act shall come into operation on the commencing day.

Section 3 of the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 defines commencing day as the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2(2) of that Act. The date fixed was 6 January 1986 (see Gazette 1985, No. S551, p. 1).

(3) The amendments of sections 56 and 57 of the Australian Trade Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985 made by this Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case may be, immediately after those sections come or came into operation.

The date fixed was 6 January 1986.

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title......................................	am. No. 187, 1985
S. 1......................................	am. No. 187, 1985
S. 2......................................	am. Nos. 65 and 187, 1985
S. 3......................................	am. No. 64, 1936; Nos. 65 and 187, 1985
S. 4......................................	am. No. 64, 1936; Nos. 65 and 187, 1985; No. 146, 1999
S. 4A...................................	ad. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 187, 1985
S. 5......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; Nos. 65 and 187, 1985
S. 6......................................	am. No. 64, 1936; No. 216, 1973; No. 170, 1978
	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 187, 1985
S. 7......................................	rep. No. 65, 1985
Ss. 8, 9................................	am. Nos. 65 and 187, 1985
S. 10....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 187, 1985 (as am. by No. 76, 1986); No. 146, 1999
S. 11....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 187, 1985 (as am. by No. 76, 1986); No. 146, 1999; No. 144, 2008
Ss. 11A, 11B.......................	ad. No. 65, 1985
S. 11C.................................	ad. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 146, 1999

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts