Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORKPLACE RELATIONS REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 1.1.3

                In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act :

                (a)    means the Workplace Relations Act 1996 ; but

               (b)    does not include Schedule 1 to the Workplace Relations Act 1996 or regulations made under that Schedule.

approved form means a form approved by the President for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used.

Form means a form set out in Schedule 1.

pre-reform Act means the Act as in force just before the reform commencement.

pre-reform Regulations means the Workplace Relations Regulations 1996 as in force just before the reform commencement.

section 717 court means an eligible court mentioned in section 717 of the Act.

Note    Section 717 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 contains the following definition:

eligible court means:

(a)   the Court; or

(b)   the Federal Magistrates Court; or

(c)   a District, County or Local Court; or

(d)   a magistrate's court; or

(e)   the Industrial Relations Court of South Australia; or

(f)    any other State or Territory court that is prescribed by the regulations.

transitional award has the meaning given by subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 6 to the Act.

transitional employee has the meaning given by subclause 2 (1) of Schedule 6 to the Act.

Work Choices Act means the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 .

Workplace Relations Minister means the Minister administering Part 1 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 .

Note    A number of words and expressions used in these Regulations have the meanings given by section 4 of the Act, including reform commencement .