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FAIR WORK (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2009 (NO. 55, 2009) - NOTES

 

No. 55, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2

3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 3

4............ Regulations......................................................................................... 3

Schedule 1--Repeals                                                                                                            5

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                                 5

Schedule 2--Overarching Schedule about transitional matters                   6

Part 1--Interpretation of the transitional Schedules                                             6

Part 2--Regulations about transitional matters                                                    12

Part 3--Conduct before WR Act repeal day etc.                                              15

Schedule 3--Continued existence of awards, workplace agreements and certain other WR Act instruments                                                                                                                            18

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        18

Part 2--Continued existence of WR Act instruments as transitional instruments         19

Part 3--Variation and termination of transitional instruments                         26

Part 4--Transitional instruments and the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard           34

Part 5--Transitional instruments and the FW Act                                              35

Division 1--Interaction between transitional instruments and the National Employment Standards                35

Division 2--Interaction between transitional instruments and FW Act modern awards, enterprise agreements and workplace determinations                                                                  37

Division 3--Other general provisions about how the FW Act applies in relation to transitional instruments 41

Part 6--Preservation of redundancy provisions in agreements etc.             45

Schedule 4--National Employment Standards                                                     50

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        50

Part 2--Continued application of WR Act minimum entitlements provisions (other than wages) during bridging period                                                                                                                 51

Part 3--Operation of the National Employment Standards                           53

Schedule 5--Modern awards (other than enterprise awards)                     58

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        58

Part 2--The WR Act award modernisation process                                        59

Part 3--Avoiding reductions in take‑home pay                                                  64

Schedule 6--Modern enterprise awards                                                                 68

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        68

Part 2--The enterprise instrument modernisation process                              69

Division 1--Enterprise instruments                                                                        69

Division 2--The enterprise instrument modernisation process                         70

Division 3--Avoiding reductions in take‑home pay                                            77

Division 4--Application of the FW Act                                                                 80

Part 3--Amendments                                                                                                    81

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                   81

Schedule 7--Enterprise agreements and workplace determinations made under the FW Act      89

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                        89

Part 2--Transitional provisions relating to the application of the no‑disadvantage test to enterprise agreements made and varied during bridging period                                               90

Division 1--Enterprise agreements and variations made during bridging period must pass no‑disadvantage test        90

Division 2--The no‑disadvantage test                                                                   90

Part 3--Other requirements and modifications applying to making and varying enterprise agreements during the bridging period                                                                                               98

Division 1--Requirements relating to approval                                                    98

Division 2--Base rate of pay                                                                                    99

Division 3--No extensions of time                                                                          99

Division 4--State and Territory laws dealing with long service leave            100

Part 4--Transitional provisions to apply the better off overall test after end of bridging period if award modernisation not yet completed                                                          101

Part 5--Transitional provisions relating to workplace determinations made under the FW Act            105

Part 6--Interaction with Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard during bridging period              108

Schedule 8--Workplace agreements and workplace determinations made under the WR Act    110

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                      110

Part 2--Transitional provisions relating to workplace agreements            111

Division 1--Transitional provisions relating to collective agreements made before the WR Act repeal day   111

Division 2--Transitional provisions relating to variations of collective agreements made before the WR Act repeal day                                                                                                             114

Division 3--Transitional provisions relating to pre‑WR Act repeal day terminations of collective agreements             117

Division 4--Transitional provisions relating to ITEAs made before the WR Act repeal day             119

Division 5--Transitional provisions relating to variations of ITEAs made before the WR Act repeal day      121

Division 6--Transitional provisions relating to pre‑WR Act repeal day terminations of ITEAs        123

Division 7--Transitional provisions relating to making ITEAs during the bridging period                125

Division 8--Applying the no‑disadvantage test where there is a transmission or transfer of business           128

Division 9--Miscellaneous                                                                                    131

Part 3--Transitional provisions relating to workplace determinations made under the WR Act            133

Schedule 9--Minimum wages                                                                                      136

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                      136

Part 2--Special provisions relating to FWA's first annual wage review 137

Part 3--Continued application of WR Act provisions about minimum wages              139

Division 1--General provisions                                                                             139

Division 2--Special provisions about transitional APCSs                                142

Division 3--Special provisions about the FMW, special FMWs and the default casual loading      142

Part 4--Universal application of minimum wages to employees                 144

Schedule 10--Equal remuneration                                                                            147

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                      147

Part 2--Equal remuneration orders under the FW Act                                  148

Part 3--Equal remuneration orders under the WR Act                                 149

Schedule 11--Transfer of business                                                                          150

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                      150

Part 2--Transmissions of business occurring before WR Act repeal day 151

Part 3--Transfers of business occurring on or after WR Act repeal day 157

Division 1--General                                                                                                 157

Division 2--Transfer of preserved redundancy provisions during bridging period             158

Division 3--Transfer of entitlements under the AFPCS during bridging period 161

Schedule 12--General protections                                                                            164

Schedule 12A--Unfair dismissal                                                                                166

Schedule 13--Bargaining and industrial action                                                 169

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                      169

Part 2--Bargaining                                                                                                        170

Part 3--Industrial action                                                                                             172

Part 4--Protected action ballots                                                                             176

Part 5--Effect of conduct engaged in while bargaining for WR Act collective agreement       179

Part 6--Payments relating to periods of industrial action                              180

Schedule 14--Right of entry                                                                                         181

Schedule 15--Stand down                                                                                              184

Schedule 16--Compliance                                                                                              185

Schedule 17--Amendments relating to the Fair Work Divisions of the Federal Court and the Federal Magistrates Court                                                                                201

Part 1--Amendments to the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976           201

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976                                                                   201

Part 2--Amendments to the Federal Magistrates Act 1999                        205

Federal Magistrates Act 1999                                                                              205

Part 3--Other amendments                                                                                       209

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                     209

Part 4--Application and transitional provisions                                                 210

Part 5--Jurisdiction of courts                                                                                   212

Schedule 18--Institutions                                                                                               215

Part 1--Initial appointment of FWA Members                                                 215

Part 2--WR Act bodies and WR Act offices                                                    218

Part 3--Transitional role for Fair Work Ombudsman and Inspectors     222

Part 4--Miscellaneous                                                                                                225

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                 229

Schedule 19--Dealing with disputes                                                                        230

Schedule 20--WR Act transitional awards etc.                                                 231

Schedule 21--Clothing Trades Award 1999                                                        235

Schedule 22--Registered organisations                                                                236

Part 1--Main amendments                                                                                        236

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             236

Part 2--State and federal organisations                                                               249

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             249

Part 3--Representation orders                                                                                261

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             261

Part 4--References to Schedules to the Workplace Relations Act          267

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                 267

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             267

Part 5--References to the Workplace Relations Act etc.                             276

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             276

Part 6--References to the Commission etc.                                                       284

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             284

Part 7--References to the Registrar etc.                                                              298

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                 298

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             298

Part 8--References to awards and collective agreements                            314

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                 314

Workplace Relations Act 1996                                                                             314

Part 9--Transitional provisions etc.                                                                       318

Schedule 23--Other amendments of the FW Act                                             322

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                 322

 


 

 

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

No. 55, 2009

 

 

 

An Act to amend laws, and deal with transitional matters, in connection with the Fair Work Act 2009, and for other purposes

[Assented to 25 June 2009]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:



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