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WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 1) 1999 NO. 42

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 42

(Issued by authority of the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business)

Workplace Relations Act 1996

Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Section 142 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (the Act) requires the Industrial Registrar to notify prescribed bodies before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) proceeds to vary a term of an award that is a common rule in a Territory for an industry, or a common rule for the whole or a class of public sector employment.

Section 359 of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations to give effect to the Act.

Regulation 22 of the Workplace Relations Regulations 1996 (the Regulations) prescribes the organisations which are to be notified as required by section 142 of the Act.

The regulations amend the Regulations to add certain organisations to the list of organisations to be notified, to remove others which no longer exists, and to amend the names of other organisations to reflect name changes.

Australian Business Industrial and the Northern Territory Hotels and Hospitality Association Incorporated are added to the list of organisations to be notified in relation to the variation of awards that are common rules of an industry in the ACT and Northern Territory respectively, to enable them to properly serve their members' interests. The Commissioner for Public Employment for the Northern Territory is added to the list of organisations to be notified in relation to variations of relevant awards in industries in the NT, as such variations have the potential to impact on conditions of service for NT Public Service employees.

Regulation 124 of the Regulations prescribes the office hours of the Industrial Registry. The regulations alter the office hours from 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. to 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

The regulations amending regulation 124 commence on 31 March 1999, and the regulations amending regulation 22 commence on the date of gazettal.