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2002-2003-2004
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Workplace
Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill
2004
No. ,
2004
(Employment and Workplace
Relations)
A Bill for an Act to amend laws
relating to workplace relations, and for related purposes
Contents
Workplace Relations Act
1996 3
A Bill for an Act to amend laws relating to workplace
relations, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended
Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Act 2004.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Subsection 298B(1) (definition of bargaining
services)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
bargaining services means:
(a) services provided by (or on behalf of) an industrial association in
relation to an agreement, or a proposed agreement, under Part VIB
(including the negotiation, making, certification, operation, extension,
variation or termination of the agreement); or
(b) services provided by (or on behalf of) an industrial association in
relation to a State employment agreement, or a proposed State employment
agreement (including the negotiation, making, certification, operation,
extension, variation or termination of the agreement).
2 At the end of
section 298Y
Add:
(3) A provision of a State employment agreement to which a constitutional
corporation is a party is void to the extent that it requires payment of a
bargaining services fee.
(4) In this section:
permits includes:
(a) purports to permit; and
(b) has the effect of permitting; and
(c) purports to have the effect of permitting.
requires includes:
(a) purports to require; and
(b) has the effect of requiring; and
(c) purports to have the effect of requiring.
3 Application
The amendment made by item 2 applies in relation to State employment
agreements entered into on or after the commencement of the item.