Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003 (Cth)

Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003

No. 137, 2003

An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Matters concerning Victoria

Part 1—Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act 1996

Part 2—Application and saving provisions

Schedule 2—Contract outworkers in Victoria in the textile, clothing and footwear industry

Part 1—Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act 1996

Part 2—Application

Schedule 3—Common rules

Part 1—Common rules generally Workplace Relations Act 1996

Part 2—Common rules in relation to Victoria Workplace Relations Act 1996

Part 3—Application and transitional provisions

Schedule 4—Common rules and contract outworkers in Victoria in the textile, clothing and footwear industry Workplace Relations Act 1996

Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003

No. 137, 2003

An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related purposes

[Assented to 17 December 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent 17 December 2003 2. Schedule 1 A day or days to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to subsection (3) 1 January 2004 (s 2(1); Gazette 2003, No. S502) 3. Schedule 2 A day or days to be fixed by Proclamation, subject to subsection (3) 1 January 2004 (s 2(1); Gazette 2003, No. S502) 4. Schedule 3 A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. 1 January 2004 (s 2(1); Gazette 2003, No. S502) 5. Schedule 4 The later of: 1 January 2004 (a) at the same time as the provisions covered by table item 4; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act.