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WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (EXTENDED PROHIBITION OF COMPULSORY UNION FEES) BILL 2005
2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Workplace Relations Amendment
(Extended Prohibition of Compulsory
Union Fees) Bill 2005
No. , 2005
(Employment and Workplace Relations)
A Bill for an Act to amend laws relating to
workplace relations, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title.......................................................................................1
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Commencement .............................................................................1
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Schedule(s)....................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Extending the prohibition of compulsory union
fees
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Workplace Relations Act 1996
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Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2005
No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend laws relating to
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workplace relations, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment
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(Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Act 2005.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to
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deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Extending the prohibition of compulsory union fees Schedule 1
Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2005
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Schedule 1--Extending the prohibition of
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compulsory union fees
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Workplace Relations Act 1996
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1 Subsection 298B(1) (definition of bargaining services)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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bargaining services means:
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(a) services provided by (or on behalf of) an industrial
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association in relation to an agreement, or a proposed
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agreement, under Part VIB (including the negotiation,
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making, certification, operation, extension, variation or
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termination of the agreement); or
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(b) services provided by (or on behalf of) an industrial
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association in relation to a State employment agreement, or a
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proposed State employment agreement (including the
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negotiation, making, certification, operation, extension,
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variation or termination of the agreement).
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2 At the end of section 298Y
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Add:
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(3) A provision of a State employment agreement to which a
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constitutional corporation is a party is void to the extent that it
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requires payment of a bargaining services fee.
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(4) In this section:
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permits includes:
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(a) purports to permit; and
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(b) has the effect of permitting; and
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(c) purports to have the effect of permitting.
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requires includes:
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(a) purports to require; and
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(b) has the effect of requiring; and
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(c) purports to have the effect of requiring.
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Schedule 1 Extending the prohibition of compulsory union fees
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3 Application
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The amendment made by item 2 applies in relation to State employment
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agreements entered into on or after the commencement of the item.
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