Industrial Relations Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1996

No. 269 1

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Industrial Relations Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

Dated 4 December 1996.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

PETER REITH

Minister for Industrial Relations

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1.   Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on the date of commencement of Schedule 3 to the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Industrial Relations Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 1 (Citation)

3.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Citation

 “1. These Regulations may be cited as the Workplace Relations Regulations.”.

4.   Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

4.1   Definition of “the Act”:

Omit the definition, substitute:

“‘the Act’ means the Workplace Relations Act 1996.”.

5.   New Part IIIA

5.1   After regulation 8, insert:

“PART IIIA—THE EMPLOYMENT ADVOCATE

“Division 1—Authorised officers

Identity cards—prescribed form

 “8A.For subsection 83BG (3) of the Act, Form 1A is prescribed.

Taking of samples

 “8B.For paragraph 83BH (4) (b) of the Act, an authorised officer may take a sample of any goods or substances after giving notice to the owner or other person in charge of the goods or substances, or an appropriate employee or other representative of that owner or person, of the authorised officer’s intention to do so.

“Division 2—Appointment, conditions of appointment etc. of Employment Advocate

Remuneration and allowances

 “8C.For subsection 83BJ (2) of the Act, the Employment Advocate is to be paid the allowances payable to a Senior Executive Service officer of the Australian Public Service.”.

6.   Schedule 1

6.1   Before Form 1, insert:

FORM 1A

Regulation 8A

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Workplace Relations Act 1996

IDENTITY CARD—AUTHORISED OFFICER

I,*the Employment Advocate/

*delegate of the Employment Advocate, acting under subsection 83BG (3) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996, certify that

whose photograph and signature appear on this card is an authorised officer for the purposes of the Act.

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(Signature of authorised officer)

Dated  19 .

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*Employment Advocate

*Delegate of Employment Advocate

*Omit if inapplicable.

6.2   Omit from the following forms “Industrial Relations Act 1988”, substitute “Workplace Relations Act 1996”:

• (a)

  forms in which the expression to be omitted occurs only in the heading:

 Forms 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11;

• (b)

  forms in which the expression to be omitted occurs in the heading and once elsewhere in the form:

 Forms 1, 2 and 12.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 1996.

2. Statutory Rules 1989 No. 12 as amended by 1989 Nos. 107 and 288; 1990 Nos. 328 and 461; 1991 Nos. 9, 11, 73, 137 and 366; 1992 Nos. 81, 139, 158, 232, 274, 339, 351, 357, 435 and 436; 1993 Nos. 22, 23, 41, 61, 128 and 330; 1994 Nos. 68, 79, 185, 244, 287 and 386; 1995 Nos. 376 and 434; 1996 Nos. 80 and 168.