Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Act 2001 (Cth)

Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Act 2001

Act No. 100 of 2001 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 8 August 2002

[This Act was amended by Act No. 63 of 2002]

Amendments from Act No. 63 of 2002 [Schedule 2 (item 37) amended Heading to Item 9 of Schedule 1 Schedule 2 (item 38) amended Heading to Item 11B of Schedule 1 Schedule 2 (items 37 and 38) commenced on 30 August 2001]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Termination of employment

Part 1—Amendment of the Workplace Relations Act 1996

Part 2—Application and saving provisions An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996 so far as that Act relates to termination of employment, and for related purposes

[Assented to 22 August 2001]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Act 2001.

2 Commencement

(1) This section, and sections 1 and 3, commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), if a provision of this Act does not commence under subsection (2) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(4) If: (a) the Workplace Relations Amendment (Australian Workplace Agreements Procedures) Act 2001; or (b) the Workplace Relations Amendment (Secret Ballots for Protected Action) Act 2001; has commenced before: (c) a day fixed by Proclamation for the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 1 to this Act under subsection (2); or (d) in the absence of such a Proclamation—that item would commence under subsection (3); that item does not commence at all.