Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992 (Vic)

Version No. 014

Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

No. 74 of 1992

Version incorporating amendments as at

11 October 2012

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Definition

4Deduction of union fees from salary

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ENDNOTES

1.  General Information

2.  Table of Amendments

3.  Explanatory Details

Version No. 014

Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

No. 74 of 1992

Version incorporating amendments as at

11 October 2012

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to provide the mechanism for the deduction of union fees by employers from payments to employees in the public sector.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed.

3Definition

In this Act—

public sector employer means—

(a)the Crown; or

(b)an authority within the meaning of section 104 of the Public Administration Act 2004.

4Deduction of union fees from salary

(1)A public sector employer may, in accordance with the Victorian Workers'Wages Protection Act 2007 and with the approval in writing of the Minister, deduct from an employee's pay an amount in respect of fees payable by the employee to a trade union or other association of employees of which the employee is a member.

(2)A public sector employer must not make a payment on behalf of an employee to a trade union or other association of employees of which the employee is a member except in accordance with the Victorian Workers' Wages Protection Act 2007 and with the approval in writing of the Minister.

(3)Any agreement made before the commencement of this section authorising, or purporting to authorise, a public sector employer to make deductions of a kind referred to in subsection (1) from payments to employees or to supply names or other information about employees to trade unions or any other associations of employees ceases, on that commencement, to have any further effect.

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ENDNOTES

1.     General Information

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 13 November 1992

Legislative Council: 17 November 1992

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to provide for the payment of union fees by public sector employers on behalf of public sector employees.".

The Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992 was assented to on 24 November 1992 and came into operation on 24 December 1992: Government Gazette 16 December 1992 page 3785.

2.     Table of Amendments

This Version incorporates amendments made to the Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998

Assent Date:	26.5.98
Commencement Date:	S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
CurrentState:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:	21.12.04
Commencement Date:	S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 169) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
CurrentState:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

Victorian Workers' Wages Protection Act 2007, No. 71/2007

Assent Date:	11.12.07
Commencement Date:	S. 26 on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
CurrentState:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

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3.     Explanatory Details

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