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Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996

No longer in force

Administered by

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

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C2005C00626

13 April 2000 - 09 March 2016

Table of contents

1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
4 Definition
Schedule 1—The principal object of the Workplace Relations Act 1996
Schedule 2—Panels of the Commission
Schedule 3—The Employment Advocate
- Part IVA—The Employment Advocate
- Division 1—Functions, powers etc. of the Employment Advocate
- Division 2—Authorised officers
- Division 3—Appointment, conditions of appointment etc. of Employment Advocate
- Division 4—Miscellaneous
Schedule 4—Representation rights of organisations of employees
Schedule 5—Awards
Schedule 6—Termination of employment
Schedule 7—Minimum wages, equal remuneration and leave to care for immediate family
Schedule 8—Certified agreements
- Part VIB—Certified agreements
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—Making agreements with constitutional corporations or the Commonwealth
- Division 3—Making agreements about industrial disputes and industrial situations
- Division 4—Certifying agreements
- Division 5—Effect of certified agreements
- Division 6—Persons bound by certified agreements
- Division 7—Extending, varying or terminating certified agreements
- Division 8—Negotiations for certified agreements etc.
- Division 9—Prohibition of coercion in relation to agreements
- Division 10—Enforcement and remedies
- Division 11—Miscellaneous
Schedule 9—Enterprise flexibility agreements (EFAs)
Schedule 10—Australian workplace agreements (AWAs)
- Part VID—Australian workplace agreements (AWAs)
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—General rules about AWAs and ancillary documents
- Division 3—Making, varying or terminating an AWA
- Division 4—Filing AWAs and ancillary documents with Employment Advocate
- Division 5—Approval of AWAs and ancillary documents
- Division 6—Effect of an AWA
- Division 7—Enforcement and remedies
- Division 8—Limited immunity for industrial action
- Division 9—Miscellaneous
Schedule 11—Consequential amendments relating to certified agreements, AWAs and enterprise flexibility agreements
Schedule 12—Amendments relating to no-disadvantage test
- Part VIE—No-disadvantage test
Schedule 13—Industrial action
- Part VIIIA—Payments in relation to periods of industrial action
Schedule 14—Registered organisations
- Division 7A—Withdrawal from amalgamations
- Division 11A—Entry and inspection of premises etc. by organisations
Schedule 15—Freedom of association
- Part XA—Freedom of association
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—Conduct to which this Part applies
- Division 3—Conduct by employers etc.
- Division 4—Conduct by employees etc.
- Division 5—Conduct by industrial associations etc.
- Division 6—Remedies for breaches of this Part
- Division 7—Miscellaneous
Schedule 16—Transfer of jurisdiction from the Industrial Relations Court of Australia to the Federal Court of Australia
- Part II—Federal Court of Australia
- Division 1—Constitution of the Court
- Division 2—Judicial Registrars
- Part XIV—Jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia
- Division 1—Original jurisdiction
- Division 2—Appellate jurisdiction
- Division 3—Representation and intervention
- Division 1—Preliminary
- Division 2—Transfer of jurisdiction and proceedings to the Federal Court
- Division 3—Jurisdiction of the Industrial Relations Court
- Division 4—The appointments and duties of Judges and Judicial Registrars of the Industrial Relations Court
- Division 5—The appointment and duties of the Registrar of the Industrial Relations Court
- Division 6—The transfer of officers of the Industrial Relations Court to the Federal Court
- Division 7—The management of the Industrial Relations Court
- Division 8—Abolition of the Industrial Relations Court
- Division 9—Restyling the office of Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Schedule 17—Boycotts
- Division 7—Disputes relating to boycotts
Schedule 18—The Australian Trade Union Training Authority
- Part III—Administrator
Schedule 19—The short title of the Industrial Relations Act 1988
Schedule 20—Miscellaneous