New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION REGULATION 2001 - NOTES

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Employment Protection Act 1982.
Minister for Industrial Relations

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to remake, without substantial alteration, the Employment Protection Regulation 1995. That Regulation will be repealed on 1 September 2001 under section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
Part 1 of this Regulation contains formal provisions.
Part 2 of this Regulation prescribes the classes of cases in which sections 7 and 8 of the Employment Protection Act 1982 do not apply. (Those sections require an employer to notify the Industrial Registrar of the employer’s intention to terminate the employment of an employee and of the reasons for the termination.) The classes of cases include those of the following:

(a) employees who have been employed by the employer for less than 12 months,

(b) employees who are not covered by an award or agreement,

(c) employees who are paid severance pay at the rate set out in Schedule 1 to the Regulation.

(a) a provision that, with Schedule 2, prescribes the form of a request for the exercise of certain jurisdiction under the Act,

(b) a savings provision relating to the Regulation that this Regulation replaces.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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