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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2009

          Queensland



Industrial Relations
Amendment Bill 2009

 


 

 

Queensland Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 75 (Conciliation before application heard). . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 160 (When an agreement passes the no-disadvantage test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 209 (When does a QWA pass the no-disadvantage test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Insertion of new s 246A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 246A Functions of president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for the commission and registry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of s 269 (Vice president to consider efficiencies that may be achieved by using dual commissioners) . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 Amendment of s 270 (Reallocation of commission's work) . . . . . 6 10 Amendment of s 299 (Functions and powers of registrar) . . . . . . 6 11 Amendment of s 708 (Approved forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Part 8 Transitional provision for Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2009 756 Delegations by vice president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 13 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Schedule Minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

 


 

 

2009 A Bill for An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Act 1999, for particular purposes

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 [s 1] The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 Clause 1 Short title 2 This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations Amendment 3 Act 2009. 4 Clause 2 Act amended 5 This Act amends the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 6 Clause 3 Amendment of s 75 (Conciliation before application 7 heard) 8 Section 75(6), `vice president'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `president'. 11 Clause 4 Amendment of s 160 (When an agreement passes the 12 no-disadvantage test) 13 Section 160(5), `vice president'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `president'. 16 Clause 5 Amendment of s 209 (When does a QWA pass the 17 no-disadvantage test) 18 Section 209(4), `vice president'-- 19 omit, insert-- 20 `president'. 21 Clause 6 Insertion of new s 246A 22 Chapter 8, part 1, division 2, after section 246-- 23 Page 4

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 [s 7] insert-- 1 `246A Functions of president 2 `The president is responsible for ensuring that the court, the 3 commission and the registry perform their functions and 4 exercise their powers in a way that-- 5 (a) is efficient; and 6 (b) adequately serves the needs of employers and 7 employees throughout Queensland.'. 8 Clause 7 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for 9 the commission and registry) 10 (1) Section 264(1), (2) and (3), `vice president'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `president'. 13 (2) Section 264(4) and (5)-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `(4) The president is to be assisted by the vice president in 16 performing responsibilities under subsection (1) or (2). 17 `(4A) The president may delegate a power under subsection (3)-- 18 (a) to the vice president; or 19 (b) if the vice president is not available--to 1 or more 20 deputy presidents. 21 `(5) A commissioner must comply with a direction of the 22 president, the vice president or a deputy president given for 23 the performance of responsibilities under subsection (1) or 24 (2).'. 25 (3) Section 264(6) and (7)(b), `vice president'-- 26 omit, insert-- 27 `president'. 28 Page 5

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 [s 8] Clause 8 Amendment of s 269 (Vice president to consider 1 efficiencies that may be achieved by using dual 2 commissioners) 3 (1) Section 269, heading, `Vice president'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `President'. 6 (2) Section 269, `vice president'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `president'. 9 Clause 9 Amendment of s 270 (Reallocation of commission's work) 10 Section 270, `vice president'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `president'. 13 Clause 10 Amendment of s 299 (Functions and powers of registrar) 14 Section 299(3), `or vice president'-- 15 omit. 16 Clause 11 Amendment of s 708 (Approved forms) 17 Section 708(1A)-- 18 omit. 19 Clause 12 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 8 20 After section 755-- 21 insert-- 22 Page 6

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 [s 13] `Part 8 Transitional provision for 1 Industrial Relations 2 Amendment Act 2009 3 `756 Delegations by vice president 4 `A delegation made by the vice president that was in force 5 immediately before the commencement of the Industrial 6 Relations Amendment Act 2009 continues to have effect after 7 the commencement as if made by the president.'. 8 Clause 13 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) 9 (1) Schedule 2, section 4(3)(c), `vice president'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `president'. 12 (2) Schedule 2, section 4A(2), `vice president'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `president'. 15 Page 7

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 Schedule Schedule Minor amendments 1 section 2 2 1 Chapter 2, part 3, division 1, heading, `pt'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `part'. 5 2 Sections 50(1)(a) and 137(1)(a), `; or'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `;'. 8 3 Section 71(9), `subsections'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `subsection'. 11 4 Section 72(2)(b), `subsection'-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 `subsections'. 14 5 Section 73(2)(f)(ii), after `the'-- 15 insert-- 16 `repealed'. 17 6 Section 75(3)(b), before `inform'-- 18 insert-- 19 `must'. 20 Page 8

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 Schedule 7 Section 115(2)(b)(i), after `because'-- 1 insert-- 2 `of'. 3 8 Section 143(2)(a), `and'-- 4 omit. 5 9 Section 203(2)(b), before `the'-- 6 insert-- 7 `give'. 8 10 Section 273(3)-- 9 omit. 10 11 Section 403(1)(b)(ii), before `has'-- 11 insert-- 12 `the mortgagee'. 13 12 Section 518(4)(a), after `extension'-- 14 insert-- 15 `is made'. 16 13 Section 534(b), `, the person'-- 17 omit. 18 14 Section 606(2)(b), before `an'-- 19 insert-- 20 `of'. 21 Page 9

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 Schedule 15 Section 607(1), `a person'-- 1 omit. 2 16 Section 607(1)(a), before `was'-- 3 insert-- 4 `a person'. 5 17 Section 641(3)(a), after `amendments'-- 6 insert-- 7 `of'. 8 18 Section 670(1)(b)(ii), second mention-- 9 renumber as section 670(1)(b)(iii). 10 19 Schedule 5, definition audit report-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `audit report, for chapter 12, see section 558(1)(b).'. 13 20 Schedule 5, definitions employee and employer, 14 `means'-- 15 omit. 16 21 Schedule 5, definition industrial action, `means'-- 17 omit. 18 22 Schedule 5, definition industrial action, paragraph (a), 19 before `a'-- 20 insert-- 21 `means'. 22 Page 10

 


 

Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 2009 Schedule 23 Schedule 5, definition industrial relations commission-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `industrial relations commission means the Queensland 3 Industrial Relations Commission established under section 4 255.'. 5 24 Schedule 5-- 6 insert-- 7 `registry see section 294.'. 8 © State of Queensland 2009 Page 11

 


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