Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015

 

No. 45, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

An Act to amend the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012, and for related purposes

 

 

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012

 

 

Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015

No. 45, 2015

 

 

 

An Act to amend the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 May 2015]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedules

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

 

Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012

1  Section 46

Omit “3 years”, substitute “5 years”.

2  At the end of section 46

Add:

Note: As section 45 commenced on 1 June 2012, the Director may not make an application under that section after 1 June 2017.

 

 

 

 

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

Senate on 25 March 2015

House of Representatives on 13 May 2015]

 

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