Employment Protection Act 1982 No 122

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
08 December 2016 08 December 2016 2016 No 48
06 July 2009 06 July 2009 2007 No 94
04 July 2007 04 July 2007 2007 No 21
02 February 2007 02 February 2007 2006 No 97
24 November 2005 24 November 2005 2005 No 98
01 July 2005 01 July 2005 2005 No 64
07 July 2003 07 July 2003 2001 No 121
07 July 1999 07 July 1999 1999 No 31

Employment Protection Act 1982 No 122

Assented to 07.12.1982.

Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 8.12.1982, sec 2 (1) (2) and GG No 171 of 8.12.1982, p 5611.

Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48

Assented to 18.10.2016.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.12.2016, sec 2 (1) and 2016 (674) LW 15.11.2016.

Industrial Relations Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 No 32

Assented to 09.06.2009.

The Act was not commenced and was repealed by the Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48.

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Payroll Tax Act 2007 No 21

Assented to 04.07.2007.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2007, sec 2.

Industrial Relations Further Amendment Act 2006 No 97

Assented to 27.11.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 2.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 11 of 19.1.2007, p 163.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005 No 98

Assented to 24.11.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005 No 64

Assented to 01.07.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, assent, sec 2 (2).

Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121

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.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31

Assented to 07.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.18, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30

Assented to 21.06.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).

Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112

Assented to 08.12.1992.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Industrial Relations Act 1991 No 34

Assented to 11.11.1991.

Date of commencement, 31.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1978.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 No 17

Assented to 03.05.1991.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Employment Protection Act 1982, assent, sec 2.

Industrial Arbitration (Enterprise Agreements) Amendment Act 1990 No 113

Assented to 18.12.1990.

Date of commencement, 25.1.1991, sec 2 and GG No 18 of 25.1.1991, p 650.

Employment Protection (Amendment) Act 1983 No 19

Assented to 21.04.1983.

Date of commencement of Sch 1 (1) and (5), 8.12.1982, sec 2 (3).

Date of commencement of Sch 1 (other than items (1) and (5)), 29.4.1983, sec 2 (4) and GG No 65 of 29.4.1983, p 1993.

This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.

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

Sec 3

Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.36.

Sec 4

Am 1990 No 113, Sch 2; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.16 [1].

Sec 5

Am 2007 No 21, Sch 4.1.

Sec 6

Am 1983 No 19, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 6A

Ins 1991 No 34, Sch 3. Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.18 [1]–[3].

Sec 7

Am 1983 No 19, Sch 1 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Sec 8

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Sec 11

Am 2016 No 48, Sch 2.16 [2].

Sec 12

Am 1983 No 19, Sch 1 (3); 2016 No 48, Sch 2.16 [3].

Sec 14

Am 1983 No 19, Sch 1 (4); 1990 No 113, Sch 2; 2006 No 97, Sch 4.1 [1] [2].

Sec 15

Am 2016 No 48, Sch 2.16 [4] [5].

Sec 16

Am 1983 No 19, Sch 1 (5); 2005 No 64, Sch 2.11.

Sec 17

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Sec 19

Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.97; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.21; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.

Sec 20

Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1.

Sec 24

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Employment Protection Bill 1982

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