Fair Work Legislation 2011

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Special for the 2011 edition: The Paid Parental Leave scheme is a new factor for employers and their advisors to deal with this year, particularly after 1 July when the paymaster function became the employers’ responsibility. To address its practical issues, Fair Work Legislation 2011 includes legislative extracts and commentary by Piper Alderman.

The book also includes a general overview at the front of the volume reflecting on the developments of the last year.
 

Legislation current as at 1 June 2011. 
 

Legislation

Fair Work Legislation 2011 contains the following legislation:

Fair Work Act 2009
Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 [Extracts]
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
Fair Work Regulations 2009
Fair Work Australia Rules 2010
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009
Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Regulations 2005
Independent Contractors Act 2006
Independent Contractors Regulations 2007
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 [Extracts]
Federal Court of Australia Regulations 2004 [Extracts]
Federal Court Rules [­Extracts]
Federal Magistrates Act 1999 [Extracts]
Federal Magistrates Regulations 2000 [Extracts]
Federal Magistrates Court Rules 2001 [Extracts]
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 [Extracts]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 [Extracts]

Legislative amendments in this edition

Fair Work Legislation 2011 takes account of the amendments listed below after the corresponding Acts and Regulations reproduced in the book.

Fair Work Act 2009
- Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 [Extracts]
- Statute Law Revision Act 2011 No 5

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
- Statute Law Revision Act 2011 No 5

Fair Work Regulations 2009
- Fair Work Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 1) SLI 2011 No 23

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No 3) SLI 2010 No 224

Building and Construction Industry Improvement Regulations 2005
- Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 1) SLI 2011 No 56

Federal Court of Australia Regulations 2004 [Extracts]
- Federal Court of Australia Amendment Regulations 2010 (No 2) SLI 2010 No 243
- Federal Court of Australia Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 1)) SLI 2011 No 37

Federal Magistrates Regulations 2000 [Extracts]
- Federal Magistrates Amendment Regulations 2010 (No 2) SLI 2010 No 244
- Federal Magistrates Amendment Regulations 2011 (No 1) SLI 2011 No 38

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 [Extracts]
- Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No 2) 2010 No 103
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010 No 140

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 [Extracts]
- Statute Law Revision Act 2011 No 5
- Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No 32

In addition, where provisions of further amending Acts have not yet commenced, in our books special notes have been included in the section affected by the changes with a heading “Future commencements”. The book includes also such details for the Independent Contractors Amendment Regulations 2010 (No 1). Further, we also detail proposed amendments.