2016‑2017

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Amendment Bill 2017

No.      , 2017

(Employment)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 in relation to the Building Code, and for related purposes

Contents

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

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

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016        3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 in relation to the Building Code, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act is the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Amendment Act 2017.

2  Commencement

             (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.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

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                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016

1  Subsection 34(2E)

Omit “29 November 2018, submit expressions of interest, tender for and be awarded”, substitute “1 September 2017, submit expressions of interest or tender for”.

2  Subsection 34(2E) (note)

Repeal the note, substitute:

Note 1:       However, a building enterprise agreement, made before the document is issued, that covers a building industry participant must comply with the requirements if the building industry participant is to be awarded or perform building work.

Note 2:       A building enterprise agreement, made after the document is issued, that covers a building industry participant must comply with the requirements if the building industry participant is to submit expressions of interest or tender for building work.

3  Application of amendments

The amendments of subsection 34(2E) of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 made by this Schedule apply in relation to expressions of interest, or tenders, for building work submitted after this Schedule commences.