Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008

Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008 No. 27 of 2008 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Purpose 1 2 Commencement 2 3 Principal Act 2 4 Purpose of Principal Act amended 2 5 Definitions 2 6 Preservation of award conditions 3 7 Repeal of State fairness test 3 8 Repeal of redundant provision 3 9 Repeal of spent provisions 3 10 Repeal of amending Act 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4 i -- 1 of 5 -- Victoria Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008† No. 27 of 2008 [Assented to 3 June 2008] The Parliament of Victoria enacts: 1 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to amend the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006— (a) to repeal provisions relating to the "fairness test" enacted by Part 3 of that Act; (b) to repeal spent provisions in Part 5 of that Act. 1 -- 2 of 5 -- Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008 No. 27 of 2008 s. 2 2 Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3 Principal Act In this Act, the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006 is called the Principal Act. See: Act No. 15/2006 and amending Act No. 80/2006. LawToday: www. legislation. vic.gov.au 4 Purpose of Principal Act amended Section 1(b) of the Principal Act is repealed. 5 Definitions In section 3(1) of the Principal Act— (a) for the definition of designated preserved award, substitute— "designated preserved award, in relation to an employee to whom a workplace agreement will apply, means a preserved award in respect of which WRA made a determination under section 12 before its repeal;"; (b) for the note at the foot of the definition of employee, substitute— "Note See subsection (2). Also, section 15A gives employee an extended meaning for the purposes of Part 3A." ; (c) the definition of fairness test is repealed; 2 -- 3 of 5 -- Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008 No. 27 of 2008 s. 6 (d) insert the following definition— "federal no-disadvantage test means the test referred to in section 346D of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth;". 6 Preservation of award conditions In section 10(2)(a) of the Principal Act after "fairness test" insert "(as in force before the repeal of section 13) or is subject to the federal no-disadvantage test". 7 Repeal of State fairness test Part 3 of the Principal Act is repealed. 8 Repeal of redundant provision Section 17 of the Principal Act is repealed. 9 Repeal of spent provisions Part 5 of the Principal Act is repealed. 10 Repeal of amending Act This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. Note The repeal of this Act does not affect the repeals made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984). ═══════════════ 3 -- 4 of 5 -- Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Amendment Act 2008 No. 27 of 2008 Endnotes ENDNOTES † Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 17 April 2008 Legislative Council: 8 May 2008 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Sector Employment (Award Entitlements) Act 2006 and for other purposes." 4 -- 5 of 5 --