LABOUR RELATIONS REFORM ACT 2002 (NO. 20 OF 2002)
LABOUR RELATIONS REFORM ACT 2002 (NO. 20 OF 2002)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
Preamble
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. The Act amended
PART 2 -- Amendments to provide for employer-employee agreements
Division 1 -- Principal amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1979
4. Part VID inserted
PART VID -- Employer-employee agreements
Division 2 -- The making of an EEA
Division 3 -- Form and content
of EEA
Division 4 -- Commencement, duration and variation
Division 5 -- Registration of EEAs
Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary
Subdivision 2 -- Registration
Subdivision 3 -- Appeal against refusal of registration
Division 6 -- No-disadvantage test
Subdivision 1 -- Definition
Subdivision 2 -- Principles to be followed in application of no-disadvantage test
Division 7 -- Register
Division 8 -- Disputes
Division 9 -- EEAs for persons with mental disabilities
Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary
Subdivision 2 -- Approval of person to act on behalf of person with a mental disability
Subdivision 3 -- Functions of representative
Subdivision 4 -- Termination of representative’s authority to act
Subdivision 5 -- Approval of new representative
Subdivision 6 -- Miscellaneous
Division 10 -- Certain conduct prohibited
Division 11 -- General
5. 4 and 5 inserted
Schedule 4 -- Registration requirements for EEAs
Schedule 5 -- Powers to obtain information, and related provisions
6. Incriminating answers or documents 73
7. Section 29 amended
8. Section 49 amended
9. Section 80E amended
10. Section 80F amended
11. Section 80R amended
12. Section 80S amended
13. Section 81A amended
14. Section 81CA amended
15. Section 103 amended
16. Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 amended
17. Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 amended
18. Forest Products Act 2000 amended
19. Grain Marketing Act 1975 amended
20. Long Service Leave Act 1958 amended
21. Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946 amended
22. Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 amended
23. Port Authorities Act 1999 amended
24. Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 amended
25. Public Sector Management Act 1994 amended
26. Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001 amended
27. Inserting reference to “Part VID of the Industrial Relations Act 1979” in various Acts
PART 3 -- Amendments to Workplace Agreements Act 1993, transitional provisions and consequential amendments to other Acts
Division 1 -- Amendments to Workplace Agreements Act 1993
28. The Act amended
29. Long title replaced
30. Section 3 amended
31. Part 1A inserted
32. Section 8 replaced
33. Section 9 replaced
34. Section 10 amended
35. Section 11 repealed
36. Section 12 amended
37. Section 15 amended
38. Section 16 repealed
39. Section 18 amended
40. Sections 19 and 20 repealed
41. Section 21 amended
42. Section 23 repealed
43. Section 24 amended
44. Section 25 repealed
45. Part 2 Division 4 heading amended
46. Sections 26 and 27 repealed
47. Section 28 amended
48. Sections 29 to 38 repealed
49. Section 39 amended
50. Section 40 amended
51. Part 2A repealed
52. Section 44 amended
53. Section 45 amended
54. Section 48 amended
55. Part 5 Division 1 heading amended
56. Section 49 amended
57. Section 50 amended
58. Section 51 replaced
59. Section 52 repealed
60. Section 55 amended
61. Section 56 amended
62. Section 57 amended
63. Section 58 replaced
64. Section 60 amended
65. Section 61 amended
66. Section 66 amended
67. Section 67 amended
68. Section 73 repealed
69. Parts 6 and 7 repealed
70. Section 101 repealed
71. Section 101A amended
72. Schedule 2 repealed
Division 2 -- Transitional provisions for amendments to the Workplace Agreements Act 1993 made by Division 1
Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary
73. Definitions
74. Interpretation Act 1984 not affected
Subdivision 2 -- Agreements under principal Act
75. Saving of addition of parties under section 23
76. Provision for unregistered collective workplace agreements
77. Saving for unregistered agreements under section 24(1)
Subdivision 3 -- Registration
78. Registrar to take possession of register, documents and records
79. Registration not affected by repeal
80. Continuation of status as excluded party
81. Review under section 34 discontinued
82. Appeal under section 35 discontinued
Subdivision 4 -- Remedies and offences
83. Recovery of amounts where section 4E or 4G applies
84. Proceedings in progress under repealed section 51
85. Amounts may be recovered under repealed section 52
86. Proceedings for offences
Subdivision 5 -- Provisions relating to the Commissioner
87. Definitions
88. References to Commissioner in agreements and instruments
89. Proceedings and remedies
90. Other things in progress
91. Annual report for part of year
92. Completion of things commenced
Subdivision 6 -- Miscellaneous
93. Offender may be punished despite repeal of section 25
94. Tribunal’s arbitration function under repealed section 40E(b)
95. Immunity not affected
96. Offshore application not affected
97. Powers in relation to transitional provisions
Division 3 -- Transitional provisions for the expiry of the Workplace Agreements Act 1993
98. Definitions
99. Interpretation Act 1984 not affected
100. Effect of certain provisions preserved
101. Offences under expired Act
102. Application of enforcement provisions
103. Keeping of records
104. Access to records
105. Consequential amendment of other laws
106. Powers in relation to transitional provisions
Division 4 -- Consequential amendments and related transitional provisions
107. Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 amended
108. Further amendment to the Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 as from the expiry of the Workplace Agreements Act 1993
109. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended
110. Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 amended
111. Industrial Relations Act 1979 amended
112. Transitional provisions relating to section 111(4)
113. Further amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1979 as from the expiry of the Workplace Agreements Act 1993 and transitional provision
PART 4 -- Amendments about awards
114. Section 6 amended
115. Section 29A amended
116. Part II Division 2A heading and section 36A inserted
117. Section 38 amended and a savings provision
118. Sections 40A and 40B inserted
119. Part II Division 2C, 2D and 2E headings inserted and Part II Division 2A heading deleted
120. Sections 49A and 49C repealed and inserted as sections 48A and 48B
121. Consequential amendments to section 22A, 25, 80G and 80W
PART 5 -- Amendments about the Industrial Relations Commission and the Industrial Appeal Court
122. Section 27 amended
123. Section 32A inserted
124. Section 34 amended
125. Section 49 amended
126. Section 90 amended
PART 6 -- Amendments about industrial agreements and good faith bargaining
127. Section 6 amended
128. Section 7 amended
129. Section 26 amended
130. Part II Division 2B heading and section 40C inserted
131. Section 41 amended
132. Section 41A replaced
133. Sections 42 to 42M inserted
134. Section 84A amended
135. Section 93 amended
136. Section 112A amended
PART 7 -- Amendments about unfair dismissal and employment issues
137. Section 23 amended
138. Section 23A replaced by sections 23A and 23B and transitional provision
139. Section 29 amended
140. Section 29AA inserted and a transitional provision
141. Section 44 amended and a transitional provision
PART 8 -- Amendments about right of entry, record keeping and inspection of records
142. Section 7 amended
143. Section 23 amended
144. Section 41 amended
145. Sections 49AB and 49B repealed
146. Part II Divisions 2F and 2G inserted and a transitional provision
147. Section 98 amended
148. Section 102 amended
PART 9 -- Amendments about procedure and enforcement
149. Section 7 amended
150. Section 22B inserted
151. Section 44 amended
152. Section 70 amended and a transitional provision
153. Section 80L amended
154. Section 82 amended
155. Section 83 repealed and sections 83, 83A, 83B and 83C inserted instead and transitional provisions
156. Section 83A amended
157. Sections 83E and 83F inserted
158. Section 84A amended
159. Section 102 amended
160. Consequential amendments to sections 81A, 81CA, 82A, 93, 102A and 103
161. Section 96 inserted
162. Section 113 amended
PART 10 -- Amendments about minimum weekly rates of pay and other conditions of employment
Division 1 -- Amendments to the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 in relation to minimum weekly rates of pay and other minimum conditions of employment
163. The Act amended
164. Section 3 amended
165. Section 8 amended and savings provisions as to certain existing section 8 agreements
166. Section 9 amended
167. Part 3 replaced
168. Transitional provisions for minimum weekly rates of pay
169. Section 19 amended and a savings provision
170. Section 20A inserted
171. Section 21 replaced
172. Section 22 replaced
173. Section 23 amended and a savings provision
174. Section 40 amended
175. Section 43 amended
176. Section 44 amended
177. Miscellaneous amendments as to “IR Act”
Division 2 -- Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1979 in relation to minimum weekly rates of pay
178. Section 7 amended
179. Section 50 amended
180. Section 51B inserted
181. Part II Division 3A inserted
Division 3A --MCE Act functions
Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary
Subdivision 2 -- Minimum weekly rates of pay
Subdivision 3 -- Casual employees’ loading
Subdivision 4 -- Orders under this Division generally
182. Miscellaneous amendments as to “MCE Act”
183. Equal Opportunity Act 1984 amended
184. Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 amended
PART 11 -- Other amendments
185. Section 7 amended
186. Section 20 amended and transitional and savings provisions
187. Section 32 amended
188. Section 37A repealed
189. Section 51 amended
190. Sections 7, 47, 50, 55, 72A and 93 and Schedule 1 amended relating to publication in the Industrial Gazette
191. Amendments to the Act and the Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1997 about collection of union subscriptions
192. Amendments about duties of employees of organizations
193. Amendments about Federal award coverage
194. Amendments about pre-strike ballots
195. Amendments about political expenditure by organizations
SCHEDULE 1 -- Transitional minimum weekly rates of pay
[Assented to 8 July 2002]