Victorian Numbered Acts

FAIR WORK (COMMONWEALTH POWERS) ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to refer certain matters relating to workplace relations to the Commonwealth Parliament for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and

        (b)     to repeal the Commonwealth Powers (Industrial Relations) Act 1996 and the Victorian Workers' Wages Protection Act 2007 ; and

        (c)     to consequentially amend the Long Service Leave Act 1992 , the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006 , the Outworkers (Improved Protection) Act 2003 , the Public Holidays Act 1993 , the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 , the Public Administration Act 2004 and the Parliamentary Administration Act 2005 .