WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TALLIES) ACT 2001 NO. 7, 2001 - SCHEDULE 1

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

- Tallies

Workplace Relations Act 1996

1 Paragraph 89A(2)(d)

Omit ", tallies".

2 At the beginning of paragraph 89A(2)(d)

Insert "incentive-based payments (other than tallies in the meat industry),".

3 After section 89A

Insert:

89B Review of certain awards

(1): Within 12 months after this section commences, the Commission must review all awards containing clauses that provide for, or regulate, tallies in the meat industry and, after considering appropriate alternatives, may vary an award to remove such clauses.
(2): Any clause that provides for, or regulates, tallies in the meat industry that is contained in an award ceases to have effect at the end of 12 months after this section commences.
(3): After the end of the period of time mentioned in subsection (2), the Commission may vary any award to remove any clauses that have ceased to have effect because of subsection (2).
(4): If the Commission varies an award under subsection (1) or (3), it must include in the award provisions that ensure that overall entitlements to pay provided by the award are not reduced by that variation, unless the Commission considers that it would be in the public interest not to include such provisions.