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FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 4

Guide to this Act

Overview 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

  (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.

Definitions

  (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.


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