Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (A STRONGER SAFETY NET) ACT 2007 (NO. 107, 2007) - SCHEDULE 6

Workplace Relations Act 1996

1  Paragraph 354(1)(b)

After "but for the agreement", insert ", a previous workplace agreement or another industrial instrument".

2  Subsection 354(4)

Insert:

"industrial instrument" means any of the following:

                     (a)  a pre‑reform AWA;

                     (b)  a pre‑reform certified agreement (within the meaning of Schedule 7);

                     (c)  a workplace determination;

                     (d)  a section 170MX award (within the meaning of Schedule 7);

                     (e)  an old IR agreement (within the meaning of Schedule 7).

3  Application

The amendments made by this Schedule apply to workplace agreements lodged on or after the day on which this Schedule commences.