Victorian Numbered Acts

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

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--REFERENCE OF MATTERS

   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Reference of matters  
   5.      Matters excluded from a reference  
   6.      Termination of reference  
   7.      Effect of termination of amendment reference or transition reference before initial reference  

   PART 3--REPEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH POWERS (INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS) ACT 1996

   8.      Repeal of the Commonwealth Powers (Industrial Relations) Act 1996  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF THE LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT 1992

   9.      Definitions  
   10.     Meaning of continuous employment  
   11.     Contracting out prohibited  
   12.     Reverse onus of proof in certain cases  
   13.     Recovery of money owed  

   PART 5--AMENDMENT OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT (AWARD ENTITLEMENTS) ACT 2006

   14.     Definitions  
   15.     Preserved award  
   16.     Preserved entitlements  
   17.     Preservation of award conditions  
   18.     Definitions  

   PART 6--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

           Division 1--Amendments to the Outworkers (Improved Protection) Act 2003

   19.     Definitions  
   20.     Outworkers are employees for the purposes of certain laws  
   21.     Effect of sections 5 to 10  
   22.     Operation of section 12  
   23.     Minimum conditions for outworkers  
   24.     Effect of the mandatory code  
   25.     Definitions and purpose of Division  
   26.     Investigating suspected contraventions of Act  
   27.     Discussions with outworkers  
   28.     Consequential amendment of registered organisation  
   29.     Consequential amendment of registered organisation  
   30.     Consequential amendment of registered organisation  
   31.     Prosecutions under Federal Awards (Uniform System) Act 2003  
   32.     Consequential amendment of registered organisation  

           Division 2--Amendments to the Public Holidays Act 1993

   33.     Holiday entitlements  

           Division 3--Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004

   34.     Definitions relating to registered employee organisations  
   35.     Entry powers of authorised representatives  

   PART 7--REPEAL OF OTHER ACTS AND PROVISIONS

   36.     Repeal of the Victorian Workers' Wages Protection Act 2007  
   37.     Repeal of provisions of the Public Administration Act 2004  
   38.     New section 117 inserted in the Public Administration Act 2004  
   39.     Repeal of provisions of the Parliamentary Administration Act 2005  

           Division 7--of Part 3 of the Parliamentary Administration Act 2005 is repealed.

   40.     New section 36 inserted in the Parliamentary Administration Act 2005  

   PART 8--REPEAL OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THIS ACT

   41.     Repeal of Parts 4 to 7 and this Part  
           SCHEDULE
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