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Queensland
Industrial Relations
Amendment Bill 2009
Queensland
Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 75 (Conciliation before application heard). . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 160 (When an agreement passes the
no-disadvantage test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 209 (When does a QWA pass the
no-disadvantage test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 246A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
246A Functions of president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for the
commission and registry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 269 (Vice president to consider efficiencies
that may be achieved by using dual commissioners) . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 270 (Reallocation of commission's work) . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 299 (Functions and powers of registrar) . . . . . . 6
11 Amendment of s 708 (Approved forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
12 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 8 Transitional provision for Industrial Relations
Amendment Act 2009
756 Delegations by vice president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Schedule Minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2009
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1999, for
particular purposes
Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations Amendment 3
Act 2009. 4
Clause 2 Act amended 5
This Act amends the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 6
Clause 3 Amendment of s 75 (Conciliation before application 7
heard) 8
Section 75(6), `vice president'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`president'. 11
Clause 4 Amendment of s 160 (When an agreement passes the 12
no-disadvantage test) 13
Section 160(5), `vice president'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`president'. 16
Clause 5 Amendment of s 209 (When does a QWA pass the 17
no-disadvantage test) 18
Section 209(4), `vice president'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`president'. 21
Clause 6 Insertion of new s 246A 22
Chapter 8, part 1, division 2, after section 246-- 23
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
[s 7]
insert-- 1
`246A Functions of president 2
`The president is responsible for ensuring that the court, the 3
commission and the registry perform their functions and 4
exercise their powers in a way that-- 5
(a) is efficient; and 6
(b) adequately serves the needs of employers and 7
employees throughout Queensland.'. 8
Clause 7 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for 9
the commission and registry) 10
(1) Section 264(1), (2) and (3), `vice president'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`president'. 13
(2) Section 264(4) and (5)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(4) The president is to be assisted by the vice president in 16
performing responsibilities under subsection (1) or (2). 17
`(4A) The president may delegate a power under subsection (3)-- 18
(a) to the vice president; or 19
(b) if the vice president is not available--to 1 or more 20
deputy presidents. 21
`(5) A commissioner must comply with a direction of the 22
president, the vice president or a deputy president given for 23
the performance of responsibilities under subsection (1) or 24
(2).'. 25
(3) Section 264(6) and (7)(b), `vice president'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`president'. 28
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
[s 8]
Clause 8 Amendment of s 269 (Vice president to consider 1
efficiencies that may be achieved by using dual 2
commissioners) 3
(1) Section 269, heading, `Vice president'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`President'. 6
(2) Section 269, `vice president'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`president'. 9
Clause 9 Amendment of s 270 (Reallocation of commission's work) 10
Section 270, `vice president'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`president'. 13
Clause 10 Amendment of s 299 (Functions and powers of registrar) 14
Section 299(3), `or vice president'-- 15
omit. 16
Clause 11 Amendment of s 708 (Approved forms) 17
Section 708(1A)-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 12 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 8 20
After section 755-- 21
insert-- 22
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
[s 13]
`Part 8 Transitional provision for 1
Industrial Relations 2
Amendment Act 2009 3
`756 Delegations by vice president 4
`A delegation made by the vice president that was in force 5
immediately before the commencement of the Industrial 6
Relations Amendment Act 2009 continues to have effect after 7
the commencement as if made by the president.'. 8
Clause 13 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) 9
(1) Schedule 2, section 4(3)(c), `vice president'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`president'. 12
(2) Schedule 2, section 4A(2), `vice president'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`president'. 15
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Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009
Schedule
Schedule Minor amendments 1
section 2 2
1 Chapter 2, part 3, division 1, heading, `pt'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`part'. 5
2 Sections 50(1)(a) and 137(1)(a), `; or'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`;'. 8
3 Section 71(9), `subsections'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`subsection'. 11
4 Section 72(2)(b), `subsection'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`subsections'. 14
5 Section 73(2)(f)(ii), after `the'-- 15
insert-- 16
`repealed'. 17
6 Section 75(3)(b), before `inform'-- 18
insert-- 19
`must'. 20
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Schedule
7 Section 115(2)(b)(i), after `because'-- 1
insert-- 2
`of'. 3
8 Section 143(2)(a), `and'-- 4
omit. 5
9 Section 203(2)(b), before `the'-- 6
insert-- 7
`give'. 8
10 Section 273(3)-- 9
omit. 10
11 Section 403(1)(b)(ii), before `has'-- 11
insert-- 12
`the mortgagee'. 13
12 Section 518(4)(a), after `extension'-- 14
insert-- 15
`is made'. 16
13 Section 534(b), `, the person'-- 17
omit. 18
14 Section 606(2)(b), before `an'-- 19
insert-- 20
`of'. 21
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Schedule
15 Section 607(1), `a person'-- 1
omit. 2
16 Section 607(1)(a), before `was'-- 3
insert-- 4
`a person'. 5
17 Section 641(3)(a), after `amendments'-- 6
insert-- 7
`of'. 8
18 Section 670(1)(b)(ii), second mention-- 9
renumber as section 670(1)(b)(iii). 10
19 Schedule 5, definition audit report-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`audit report, for chapter 12, see section 558(1)(b).'. 13
20 Schedule 5, definitions employee and employer, 14
`means'-- 15
omit. 16
21 Schedule 5, definition industrial action, `means'-- 17
omit. 18
22 Schedule 5, definition industrial action, paragraph (a), 19
before `a'-- 20
insert-- 21
`means'. 22
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Schedule
23 Schedule 5, definition industrial relations commission-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`industrial relations commission means the Queensland 3
Industrial Relations Commission established under section 4
255.'. 5
24 Schedule 5-- 6
insert-- 7
`registry see section 294.'. 8
© State of Queensland 2009
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