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Queensland
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
Queensland
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AMENDMENT
BILL 2002
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 256 (Composition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new s 258A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
258A Deputy presidents of the commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of section 264 (Administrative responsibilities for the
commission and registry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Insertion of new ch 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 20--OTHER TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
733 Transitional provision for 2002 amendment Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments and procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Consequential amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
JUDGES (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2002
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1999, and for other
purposes
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2002
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title
Clause 2
This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2002. 3
2 Commencement
Clause 4
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
3 Act amended
Clause 6
This Act amends the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 7
4 Amendment of s 256 (Composition)
Clause 8
(1) Section 256(1)(b)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(b) the vice president, 2 deputy presidents and at least 5 other 11
industrial commissioners ("commissioners").'. 12
(2) Section 256(2)(b)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(b) otherwise--3 or more members including at least 1 presidential 15
member.'. 16
5 Insertion of new s 258A
Clause 17
After section 258-- 18
insert-- 19
`258A Deputy presidents of the commission 20
`(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person as a deputy 21
president of the commission-- 22
(a) if the person is not already a commissioner--by commission; or 23
(b) if the person is already a commissioner--by gazette notice. 24
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`(2) The person must be a person who has the experience, qualifications 1
and standing mentioned in section 259(2).'. 2
6 Amendment of section 264 (Administrative responsibilities for the
Clause 3
commission and registry) 4
(1) Section 264(1) to (3), `commissioner administrator'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`vice president'. 7
(2) Section 264-- 8
insert-- 9
`(4) The vice president is to be assisted by the deputy presidents in 10
performing responsibilities under subsection (1) or (2) and may delegate a 11
power under subsection (3) to a deputy president. 12
`(5) A commissioner must comply with a direction of the vice president 13
or a deputy president given for the performance of responsibilities under 14
subsection (1) or (2). 15
`(6) The vice president must assign an industry or group of industries to 16
a panel of members. 17
`(7) The powers of the commission in relation to that industry, other than 18
the powers of the full bench, may only be exercised by-- 19
(a) a member of the panel; or 20
(b) another member of the commission to whom the vice president 21
has assigned a particular matter. 22
`(8) A panel must consist of at least 1 presidential member and 23
1 commissioner. 24
`(9) A member of the commission may be a member of more than 25
1 panel.'. 26
7 Insertion of new ch 20
Clause 27
After chapter 19-- 28
insert-- 29
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`CHAPTER 20--OTHER TRANSITIONAL 1
PROVISIONS 2
`733 Transitional provision for 2002 amendment Act 3
`(1) The person who, immediately before the commencement of the 4
2002 amendment Act, was the commissioner administrator continues to be 5
a commissioner after the commencement. 6
`(2) The 2002 amendment Act does not affect the validity of any 7
decisions or delegations made before the commencement of that Act. 8
`(3) A delegation made by the commissioner administrator that was in 9
force immediately before the commencement of the 2002 amendment Act 10
continues to have effect after the commencement as if made by the vice 11
president. 12
`(4) In this section-- 13
"2002 amendment Act" means the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 14
2002.'. 15
8 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments and procedures)
Clause 16
(1) Schedule 2, section 4, heading, `Leave'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Extended leave'. 19
(2) Schedule 2, part 1-- 20
insert-- 21
`4A Leave of absence 22
`(1) The Minister may grant leave of absence to the president or vice 23
president on the terms the Minister considers appropriate. 24
`(2) The vice president may grant leave of absence to a deputy president 25
or commissioner on the terms the vice president considers appropriate.'. 26
9 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary)
Clause 27
Schedule 5-- 28
insert-- 29
s 10 7 s 10
Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2002
` "deputy president" see section 258A. 1
"presidential member" means the president, the vice president or a 2
deputy president.'. 3
10 Consequential amendments
Clause 4
The schedule amends the Acts it mentions. 5
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2002
SCHEDULE 1
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 2
section 10 3
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1999 4
5
1 Sections 75(6), 253(2)(b), 269, 270, 278(6), 281(3) to (5) and (7), 6
299(3), 408F(5), `commissioner administrator'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`vice president'. 9
2 Section 259(3) to (7)-- 10
omit. 11
3 Section 261(1), `commissioner administrator'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`a deputy president'. 14
4 Section 261(2) and heading, `commissioner administrator'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`deputy president'. 17
5 Section 281(2), `commissioner administrator's'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`vice president's'. 20
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2002
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
6 Schedule 2, part 1, heading, `commissioner administrator'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`DEPUTY PRESIDENTS'. 3
7 Schedule 2, section 1(3), from `vice president' to 4
`commissioners'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the vice president, a deputy president or a commissioner'. 7
8 Schedule 2, section 1(4)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(4) A person acting as the president, the vice president, a deputy 10
president or a commissioner is entitled to the salary and allowances 11
payable to the president, the vice president, a deputy president or a 12
commissioner.'. 13
9 Schedule 5, definition "commissioner administrator"-- 14
omit. 15
10 Schedule 5, definition "member", first definition, `the 16
commissioner administrator'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`a deputy president'. 19
JUDGES (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967 20
1 Section 3A(1)(b), `commissioner administrator'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a deputy president'. 23
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