2010‑2011

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Bill 2011

No.      , 2011

(Education, Employment and Workplace Relations)

A Bill for an Act to make consequential amendments and provide for other matters in connection with the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011, and for related purposes

Contents

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

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                         3

Schedule 2—Application provisions                                                                           4

A Bill for an Act to make consequential amendments and provide for other matters in connection with the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Road Safety Remuneration (Consequential Amendments and Related Provisions) Act 2011.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences at the same time as the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011.

3  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

1  Paragraph (a) of Schedule 1

After “Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009,”, insert “the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011,”.

Schedule 2—Application provisions

1  Disputes involving employee road transport drivers

For the purposes of subsection 41(2) of the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011, the reference in paragraph 41(2)(a) to a former employer dismissing a driver is a reference to a dismissal that happens after the commencement of that Act.

2  Disputes involving independent contractor road transport drivers

For the purposes of subsection 42(2) of the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2011, the reference in paragraph 42(2)(a) to a former hirer terminating a road transport contract is a reference to a termination that happens after the commencement of that Act.