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Workplace Rights Advocate (Repeal) Act 2009

No. 21 of 2009

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Partial repeal of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act

4Amendment of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act

11AFinal Workplace Rights Advocate report

5Repeal of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005

6Amendment to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

7Amendment to the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006

8Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

Workplace Rights Advocate (Repeal) Act 2009

No. 21 of 2009

[Assented to 10 June 2009]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purposes of this Act are—

(a)to repeal the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005;

(b)to make consequential amendments to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006.

2Commencement

(1)This Act (other than sections 5, 6 and 7) comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), sections 5, 6 and 7 come into operation on a day to be proclaimed.

(3)A proclamation may not be made under subsection (2) unless the proclamation includes a statement that the Governor in Council is satisfied that the Minister for Industrial Relations has caused the report relating to the operation and performance of the Workplace Rights Advocate to be laid before each House of Parliament under section 11A(2) of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005.

3Partial repeal of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act

Sections 5, 13, 14 and 15 of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005 are repealed.

4Amendment of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act

After section 11 of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005 insert—

"11A   Final Workplace Rights Advocate report

(1)The Secretary to the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development must, within 3 months of the date on which the Workplace Rights Advocate (Repeal) Act 2009 received the Royal Assent, submit a report to the Minister relating to the operation and performance of the Workplace Rights Advocate in respect of the period 1 July 2008 to the date of that Royal Assent as if that report were an annual report of operations under Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994.

(2)The Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within one month of receiving the report or, if a House is not then sitting, on the first sitting day of that House after one month of receiving the report.".

5Repeal of the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005

The Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005 is repealed.

6Amendment to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

Section 73(2C) of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 is repealed.

7Amendment to the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006

In section 3(1) of the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006, in the definition of WRA, after "2005" insert "as in force before its repeal".

8Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the first day on which all of its provisions are in operation.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 4 December 2008

Legislative Council: 12 March 2009

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to repeal the Workplace Rights Advocate Act 2005 and to amend the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006 and for other purposes."