WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (WORK CHOICES) ACT 2005

[Schedule 6 (items 49 and 50) amended Schedule 4 (item 5A)
Schedule 6 (items 49 and 50) commenced on 12 December 2006]

[Schedule 2 (item 17) amended item 187 of Schedule 1
Schedule 2 (item 18) amended item 24 of Schedule 4

Schedule 2 (item 17) commenced immediately before 27 March 2006
Schedule 2 (item 18) commenced immediately after 27 March 2006]

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

Contents

1............ Short title ............................................................................................ 1

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

3............ Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1--Main amendments 3

Schedule 1A--Establishment of Australian Fair Pay Commission 705

Schedule 2--Transitional arrangements for State organisations 722

Schedule 3--School‑based apprentices and trainees 729

Schedule 3A--Redundancy pay by small business employers 737

Schedule 4--Transitional and other provisions 744

Part 1--Regulations for transitional etc. provisions and consequential amendments 744

Part 2--Transitional, application and saving provisions 745

Division 1--Definitions used in this Part 745

Division 2--Awards 745

Division 3--Termination of employment 747

Division 4--Miscellaneous 750

Schedule 5--Renumbering the Workplace Relations Act 1996 756

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts