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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted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

Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1969 No 34. Assented to 9.4.1969. Date of commencement, 1.11.1969, sec 1 (2) and GG No 106 of 5.9.1969, p 3535. This Act has been amended as follows:

1975	No 72	Metric Conversion Act 1975. Assented to 6.11.1975. Date of commencement of Sch, Items 169–238, 1.6.1976, sec 4 (3) and GG No 59 of 30.4.1976, p 1835.
1977	No 66	Rural Workers Accommodation (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 7.9.1977. Date of commencement of Schs 1–4, 1.2.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 10 of 25.1.1980, p 374.
1983	No 20	Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983. Assented to 21.4.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 4.5.1983, sec 2 (2) and GG No 67 of 4.5.1983, p 2003.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
1989	No 132	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1989, assent, sec 2.
1990	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1969, assent, sec 2.
	No 123	Miscellaneous Acts (Public Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 20.12.1990. Date of commencement, 18.11.1991, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 15.11.1991, p 9518. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Miscellaneous Acts (Public Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990, assent, Sch 2.
1992	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1969, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
1996	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 4.46, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Schs 4 and 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
2005	No 37	Rural Workers Accommodation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement, 1.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 30.6.2006, p 4790.
2011	No 67	Work Health and Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
2012	No 97	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability) Act 2012. Assented to 26.11.2012. Date of commencement, 11.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (629) LW 14.12.2012.

This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) and 9A of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 21.4.1980, and published in GG No 66 of 24.4.1980, p 2081, declaring that the Rural Workers Accommodation Act 1969 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply. Order dated 21.4.1980, and published in GG No 66 of 24.4.1980, p 2081.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.

Part 1, heading	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 1	Am 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 2	Am 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 3	Am GG No 66 of 24.4.1980, p 2081; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1996 No 121, Sch 2.24 (2) (3). Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 4	Rep 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 4A	Ins 1983 No 20, Sch 7 (1).
Part 2, heading	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 5	Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 6	Am 1977 No 66, Sch 1; 1990 No 46, Sch 1. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 7	Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 8	Am 1975 No 72, Sch; 1996 No 30, Sch 2. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Part 3, heading	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 9	Am 1996 No 30, Sch 2. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 10	Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 11	Am 1989 No 132, Sch 1. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Secs 12–15	Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Part 4, heading	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Part 4	Subst 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Sec 16	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Sec 17	Am 1983 No 20, Sch 7 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.46; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.81 [1] [2]. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Sec 18	Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Secs 19, 20	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [1].
Part 5	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 21	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2011 No 67, Sch 4.27 [2].
Part 6	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 22	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2012 No 97, Sch 1.36.
Secs 23, 24	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sch	Am 1975 No 72, Sch; 1977 No 66, Schs 2–4; 1989 No 132, Sch 1; 1990 No 123, Sch 2 (am 1991 No 94, Sch 2); 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1999 No 31, Sch 5.94 [1]–[17]. Rep 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
Sch 1	Ins 2005 No 37, Sch 1 [6].
The whole Act (except sec 3)	Am 1996 No 30, Sch 2 (“Under Secretary” omitted wherever occurring, “Director-General” inserted instead); 1996 No 121, Sch 2.24 (1) (“Director-General” or “Director-General’s” omitted wherever occurring, “General Manager” or “General Manager’s” inserted instead respectively).