Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsOverview of this Act
(1) This Act is about workplace relations. It:
(a) provides for terms and conditions of employment (Chapter 2); and
(b) sets out rights and responsibilities of employees, employers and organisations in relation to that employment (Chapter 3); and
(ba) provides for minimum terms and conditions for regulated workers (Chapter 3A); and
(bb) sets out measures to deal with unfair terms of services contracts (Chapter 3A); and
(bc) provides for minimum terms and conditions for persons in a road transport contractual chain (Chapter 3B); and
(c) provides for compliance with, and enforcement of, this Act (Chapter 4); and
(d) provides for the administration of this Act by establishing the Fair Work Commission and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (Chapter 5); and
(e) deals with other matters relating to the above (Chapter 6).
Overview of the rest of this Chapter
(2) The rest of this Chapter deals with:
(a) definitions that are used in this Act (Part 1 - 2); and
(b) the application of this Act (Part 1 - 3), including how this Act interacts with certain State and Territory laws and its geographical application;
(c) certain matters relating to the road transport industry (Part 1 - 4).
(3) Many of the terms in this Act are defined. The Dictionary in section 12 contains a list of every term that is defined in this Act.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for amendments
(4) Schedule 1 contains application, saving and transitional provisions relating to amendments of this Act.