WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TRANSITION TO FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS) ACT 2008 (NO. 8, 2008) - NOTES
WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (TRANSITION TO FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS) ACT 2008 (NO. 8, 2008) - NOTES
No. 8, 2008
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Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Workplace agreements and the no‑disadvantage test 3
Part 1--Main amendments 3
Workplace Relations Act 1996 3
Part 2--Transitional matters 40
Workplace Relations Act 1996 40
Part 3--Other amendments of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 48
Part 4--Amendments of other Acts 89
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 89
APEC Public Holiday Act 2007 89
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 89
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 89
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 90
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961 90
Health Insurance Commission (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997 90
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 91
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 91
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 91
Parliamentary Service Act 1999 91
Skilling Australia's Workforce Act 2005 92
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 92
Telstra Corporation Act 1991 93
Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1946 93
Schedule 2--Awards 94
Part 1--Award modernisation 94
Workplace Relations Act 1996 94
Part 2--Repeal of award rationalisation and award simplification provisions 111
Workplace Relations Act 1996 111
Schedule 3--Functions of the Australian Fair Pay Commission 114
Workplace Relations Act 1996 114
Schedule 4--Repeal of provisions for Workplace Relations Fact Sheet 122
Workplace Relations Act 1996 122
Schedule 5--Transitional arrangements for existing pre‑reform Federal agreements etc. 123
Workplace Relations Act 1996 123
Schedule 5A--Transitional treatment of State employment agreements 126
Workplace Relations Act 1996 126
Schedule 6--Notional agreements preserving State awards 129
Workplace Relations Act 1996 129
Schedule 7--Transitionally registered associations 130
Workplace Relations Act 1996 130
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008
No. 8, 2008
An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related purposes
[Assented to 20 March 2008]
The Parliament of Australia enacts: