WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LABOUR RELATIONS LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT ACT 1997
(No. 3 of 1997)
ARRANGEMENT
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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title | 2 |
| 2. | Commencement | 2 |
| 3. | Principal Act | 2 |
PART 2 — DUTIES OF OFFICIALS OF ORGANIZATIONS
| 4. | Part II, Division 5 heading amended | 3 |
| 5. | Section 74 amended | 3 |
| 6. | Section 77 amended | 3 |
| 7. | Sections 78, 79 and 80 inserted | 4 |
| 8. | Consequential amendments to sections 81A and 81CA | 6 |
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PART 3 — PRE-STRIKE BALLOTS
| 9. | Section 73 amended | 7 |
| 10. | Part VIB inserted | 7 |
| 11. | Schedule 2 added | 27 |
| 12. | Consequential amendment | 29 |
PART 4 — POLITICAL EXPENDITURE
| 13. | Part VIC heading amended | 30 |
| 14. | Section 97N amended | 30 |
| 15. | Section 97P amended | 31 |
| 16. | Section 97Q amended | 32 |
| 17. | Sections 97R to 97T repealed and sections 97R to | |
| 97U substituted | 33 | |
| 18. | Consequential amendments to sections 81A and 81CA | 35 |
PART 5 — FEDERAL AWARD COVERAGE
| 19. | Section 73 amended | 37 |
| 20. | Part IIIA inserted | 38 |
| 21. | Consequential amendments | 47 |
PART 6 — UNFAIR DISMISSAL
Division 1 — Industrial Relations Act 1979
| 22. | Section 23AA repealed and transitional | 48 |
| 23. | Section 23A amended | 48 |
| 24. | Section 29 amended | 49 |
Division 2 — Workplace Agreements Act 1993
| 25. | Workplace Agreements Act | 49 |
| 26. | Section 51 amended and transitional | 49 |
| 27. | Section 56 amended | 50 |
| 28. | Section 57 amended | 50 |
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PART 7 — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING
TO AWARDS ETC.
| 29. | Section 7 amended and transitional | 52 |
| 30. | Section 23 amended | 53 |
| 31. | Section 49A amended | 53 |
| 32. | Certain provisions of no effect or to be reviewed | 54 |
| 33. | Section 49AB inserted | 55 |
| 34. | Section 49B amended and transitional | 58 |
PART 8 — MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
| 35. | Section 7 amended | 62 |
| 36. | Section 32 amended | 62 |
| 37. | Section 44 amended | 68 |
| 38. | Section 113 amended | 69 |
PART 9 — MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT 1993
| 39. | Section 24 amended | 70 |
| PART 10 — WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS ACT 1993 | ||
| 40. | Part 2A inserted | 72 |
| 41. | Amendments consequential on new Part 2A | 77 |
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LABOUR RELATIONS
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
ACT 1997
No. 3 of 1997
AN ACT to amend the —
Industrial Relations Act 1979;
Workplace Agreements Act 1993; and
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993,
and for related purposes.
[Assented to 23 May 1997.]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
| No. 3] | Labour Relations Legislation Amendment |
| s. 1 | Act 1997 |
PART 1 — PRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1997.
Commencement
2. (1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The provisions of Parts 2 and 4 come into operation on
the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
(2)
(3) The provisions of Parts 3, 5 and 10 and sections 34, 35 (b), 36 and 37 come into operation…