Fair Work Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 4) (Cth)

Fair Work Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 4)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 244

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Fair Work Act 2009.

Dated 7 December 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Fair Work Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 4).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Amendment of Fair Work Regulations 2009

Schedule 1 amends the Fair Work Regulations 2009.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After subregulation 4.01 (2)

insert

(3)For subsection 548 (8) of the Act, a party to small claims proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court may be represented by an official of an industrial association if the party is granted leave to do so by the Federal Magistrates Court.

(4)For subsection 548 (8) of the Act, a party to small claims proceedings heard in a magistrates court may be represented by an official of an industrial association if:

(a)the party is granted leave to do so by that court; and

(b)the law of the State allows a party to be represented in that court, in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a), by officials of bodies representing interests related to the matters in dispute.

Note

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