Workplace Agreements Act 1993 (WA)

Western Australia

This Act expired on 14 Sep 03 (see section 4A of this Act).

Western Australia

Workplace Agreements Act 1993

An Act to make provision after the commencement of section 31 of the Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 —

for employers and employees to be no longer empowered to make the employment agreements that were authorised by this Act as in force before that commencement;

for the times when existing agreements automatically terminate;

for the effect and enforcement of existing agreements until their termination; and

for the expiry of the Act at a time when all agreements have terminated,

and for related purposes.

[Long title inserted by No. 20 of 2002 s. 29.]

This Act may be cited as the Workplace Agreements Act 1993 1.

This Act comes into operation on such day as is fixed by proclamation 1.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — 

“award” means — 

• (a)

  an award under the Industrial Relations Act 1979, and includes any industrial agreement or order under that Act; and

• (b)

  an award under the Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992, and includes any order under that Act and any agreement that comes within section 12(4) or 17(1) of that Act;

“bargaining agent” means a person or persons representing another person or other persons under section 15;

“collective workplace agreement” means a workplace agreement of the kind described in section 9 and where the context so requires means an agreement of that kind that is in force;

“Commission” has the same meaning as it has in the Industrial Relations Act 1979;

“designated day” means the day on which section 31 of the Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 comes into operation 2;

“employee” means — 

• (a)

  a person who is an employee within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1979; and

• (b)

  a person to whom section 43(1) applies;

“employer” has the same meaning as in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 except that for the purposes of giving effect to Part 3 it has the meaning given by section 44;

“individual workplace agreement” means a workplace agreement of the kind described in section 10 and where the context so requires means an agreement of that kind that is in force;

“legal practitioner” means a “certificated practitioner” as defined in the Legal Practitioners Act 1893;

“organization” has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979;

“Registrar” and “Deputy Registrar” have the same meanings as they have in the Industrial Relations Act 1979;

“repealed”, in relation to a section of a particular number, means the section in this Act of…