Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17. Assented to 13.6.1996. Date of commencement, sec 322 (3) and Sch 5.4 excepted, 2.9.1996, sec 2 and GG No 99 of 30.8.1996, p 4983; date of commencement of sec 322 (3), 14.2.1997, sec 2 and GG No 18 of 14.2.1997, p 545. Sch 5.4 was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121. This Act has been amended as follows:

1996	No 39	Superannuation Administration Act 1996. Assented to 25.6.1996. Date of commencement, 1.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 77 of 28.6.1996, p 3290.
	No 109	Industrial Relations Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 2.12.1996. Date of commencement, 13.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 13.12.1996, p 8248.
	No 120	WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, 12.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 4 of 10.1.1997, p 49.
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.30, assent, sec 2 (4).
1997	No 26	Annual Holidays Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 25.6.1997. Date of commencement, 1.8.1997, sec 2 and GG No 83 of 25.7.1997, p 5679.
	No 55	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 77	Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 6.10.1998, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 2.10.1998, p 7889.
	No 115	Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997. Date of commencement, 29.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4431.
	No 156	Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952.
1998	No 49	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 13, 3.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5602.
	No 54	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.20, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 85	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5747.
	No 106	Industrial Relations Amendment (Unfair Contracts) Act 1998. Assented to 5.11.1998. Date of commencement, 1.12.1998, sec 2 and GG No 165 of 27.11.1998, p 9014.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 137	Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.
	No 164	Industrial Relations Amendment (Federal Award Employees) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement, 12.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 19 of 12.2.1999, p 612.
	No 172	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9951.
1999	No 19	Road Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 1.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 133 of 26.11.1999, p 10863.
	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 3.11, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 39	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.9.1999, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p 6684.
	No 69	Local Courts Amendment (Part-time Magistrates) Act 1999. Assented to 30.11.1999. Date of commencement, 17.12.1999, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 17.12.1999, p 11905.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.118, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 25.9.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 125 of 22.9.2000, p 10678.
	No 40	Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000. Assented to 26.6.2000. Date of commencement, 1.9.2001, sec 2 and GG No 129 of 24.8.2001, p 6186.
	No 67	Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 12.7.2000. Date of commencement, 9.10.2000, sec 2 and GG No 131 of 6.10.2000, p 10934.
	No 74	Industrial Relations Amendment (Council Swimming Centres) Act 2000. Assented to 8.11.2000. Date of commencement, 20.11.2000, sec 2 and GG No 148 of 17.11.2000, p 11764.
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 21	Industrial Relations Amendment (Leave for Victims of Crime) Act 2001. Assented to 19.6.2001. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 34	Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 4.24, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
	No 47	Industrial Relations Amendment (Casual Employees Parental Leave) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 80	Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001. Assented to 1.11.2001. Date of commencement, 1.1.2002, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10436.
	No 94	Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 6.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.1.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 195A of 21.12.2001, p 10175.
	No 113	Industrial Relations Amendment (Public Vehicles and Carriers) Act 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
	No 128	Industrial Relations (Ethical Clothing Trades) Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement, 1.2.2002, sec 2 and GG No 34 of 1.2.2002, p 603.
2002	No 7	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 17.4.2002. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 23	Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 4.10.2002, sec 2 (2) and GG No 163 of 4.10.2002, p 8557.
	No 32	Industrial Relations Amendment (Unfair Contracts) Act 2002. Assented to 24.6.2002. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 73	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Relationships) Act 2002. Assented to 1.10.2002. Date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p 9302.
	No 86	Fair Trading Amendment (Employment Placement Services) Act 2002. Assented to 7.11.2002. Date of commencement, 17.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 39 of 7.2.2003, p 761.
	No 96	Rail Safety Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement, 8.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 39 of 7.2.2003, p 766.
	No 120	Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Agents) Act 2002. Assented to 12.12.2002. Date of commencement, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 10.1.2003, p 99.
	No 122	Electricity Supply Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction) Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. Date of commencement, 1.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10744.
	No 129	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 13.6.2003, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 13.6.2003, p 5623.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.17, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 48	Industrial Relations Amendment (Adoption Leave) Act 2003. Assented to 23.10.2003. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 63	Industrial Relations Amendment (Public Vehicles and Carriers) Act 2003. Assented to 6.11.2003. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 65	Transport Legislation Amendment (Safety and Reliability) Act 2003. Assented to 20.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 198 of 24.12.2003, p 11594.
	No 71	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 20.11.2003. Date of commencement, 1.1.2004, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11172.

Table of amendments

Sec 5	Am 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 6, note	Subst 2001 No 80, Sch 3.3 [1].
Sec 15	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 19	Am 1999 No 39, Sch 2.
Sec 28A	Ins 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 31, note	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 35	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [4] [5].
Sec 36	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [6]–[8].
Sec 36A	Ins 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 41	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [10] [11].
Sec 41, note	Ins 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 42	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 53	Subst 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 55	Am 2003 No 48, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 57	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [15]; 2001 No 47, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 66	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [16] [17].
Sec 70	Am 2000 No 40, Sch 2.6 [1].
Chapter 2, Part 4B (secs 72AA–72AG)	Ins 2001 No 21, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 79	Am 1998 No 54, Sch 2.20 [1].
Sec 83	Am 1998 No 164, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2001 No 80, Sch 3.3 [2].
Secs 90A, 90B	Ins 1998 No 164, Sch 1 [3]. Rep 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [20]. Ins 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 91	Am 1998 No 85, Sch 2.7 [1].
Sec 96	Am 1998 No 85, Sch 2.7 [2]. Subst 2002 No 23, Sch 1.3.
Sec 99	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [21] [22].
Sec 101	Am 1997 No 26, Sch 1.2.
Sec 106	Am 2002 No 32, Sch 1 [1].
Secs 108A, 108B	Ins 2002 No 32, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 109A	Ins 1998 No 106, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 124	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 126	Am 2001 No 80, Sch 3.3 [3].
Sec 127	Am 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [2].
Secs 127A–127G	Ins 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 129	Am 1998 No 54, Sch 2.20 [2]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 149	Am 2002 No 7, Sch 5.
Sec 153	Am 1996 No 39, Sch 4.4; 2003 No 71, Sch 4 [1] [2].
Sec 162A	Ins 2000 No 31, Sch 6.
Sec 164	Am 2003 No 71, Sch 4 [3].
Sec 164A	Ins 2003 No 71, Sch 4 [4].
Sec 166	Am 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 168	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.126 [1].
Sec 169	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 2.3.
Sec 181	Am 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 181A	Ins 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 190A	Ins 1998 No 172, Sch 3.
Sec 197	Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.11; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.126 [2].
Sec 197A	Ins 1996 No 120, Sch 2.4. Am 2000 No 40, Sch 2.6 [2]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.9 [1].
Sec 202	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1].
Sec 210	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.7; 2000 No 40, Sch 2.6 [3]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [27]; 2002 No 96, Sch 7.3; 2002 No 122, Sch 2.3; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.17 [1] [2]; 2003 No 65, Sch 6.
Sec 217	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.24 [1].
Secs 239, 249	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1].
Sec 272	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.118.
Secs 281–283	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1].
Sec 284	Am 1996 No 109, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 290	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1].
Sec 290A	Ins 1996 No 109, Sch 2 [2].
Sec 298	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [28]; 2000 No 93, Sch 2.24.
Sec 307	Am 2003 No 63, Sch 1 [1]–[3].
Sec 310A	Ins 2001 No 113, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2003 No 63, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 322	Am 1996 No 109, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 325	Am 1996 No 109, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 325A	Ins 1996 No 109, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 330	Am 1996 No 109, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 348	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [2]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 357	Am 1998 No 120, Sch 1.23.
Sec 375	Subst 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 379	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 3.11; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.24 [2].
Sec 380	Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 381	Am 1999 No 69, Sch 2.3 [1].
Sec 382	Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.30 [1]–[3]; 2001 No 80, Sch 3.3 [4]; 2001 No 94, Sch 7 [1]; 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 383	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.126 [3].
Sec 383A	Ins 2001 No 94, Sch 7 [2].
Sec 386	Am 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 396	Am 2000 No 40, Sch 2.6 [4].
Sec 397	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.126 [4].
Sec 402	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.126 [5].
Sec 406A	Ins 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 410	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1	Am 1999 No 19, Sch 2.16 [1]; 2000 No 74, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 128, Sch 2 [6]–[8].
Sch 2	Am 1998 No 49, Sch 13 [1] [2]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [32].
Sch 4	Am 1996 No 109, Sch 1 [5]; 1998 No 54, Sch 2.20 [3]; 1998 No 106, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 1998 No 164, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 1999 No 69, Sch 2.3 [2] [3]; 2000 No 67, Sch 1 [33]–[36]; 2001 No 21, Sch 1 [2]; 2001 No 27, Sch 1 [2]–[4]; 2001 No 94, Sch 7 [3] [4]; 2002 No 32, Sch 1 [3]; 2002 No 86, Sch 2.2; 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [6]–[9]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.9 [2]; 2003 No 48, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2003 No 63, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2003 No 71, Sch 4 [5] [6].
Sch 5	Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.30 [4] [5]. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Dictionary	Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.10 [1]; 1997 No 115, Sch 4.7; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.16 [2]; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.24; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.12; 2002 No 120, Sch 1 [10].