{"id":"C2004A01434","name":"Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1976","slug":"conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"3 of 1976","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6252,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01434-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1976","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT\n\n1976\n\nNo. 3 of 1976\n\nAn Act to permit an additional Judge to be appointed to the Australian Industrial Court.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1976.\n\n(2) The Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1975 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1976.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nConstitution of Court.\n\n3. Section 98 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the word “nine” and substituting the number “10”.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1231},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of increasing the judicial complement of the Australian Industrial Court by one position. It performs exactly the single administrative amendment described in its long title without expansion into other areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections in total","Single substantive amendment changing one word ('nine' to '10')","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only refers to Principal Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act increases the number of judges who can sit on the Australian Industrial Court from 9 to 10.\n\n**What it does**\n- Amends the *Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904* to allow one extra judge to be appointed to the Australian Industrial Court\n- Simply changes the word \"nine\" to \"10\" in the section describing how many judges make up the Court\n\n**Who it affects**\n- The Australian Industrial Court (which handles workplace disputes between employers and employees)\n- Lawyers and parties involved in industrial relations cases\n- The Attorney-General or government responsible for appointing federal judges\n\n**Why it matters**\nIndustrial courts deal with strikes, wages, and working conditions. Adding a judge helps reduce backlogs and ensures disputes are resolved more quickly."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976","history":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976/history","analysis":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/conciliation-and-arbitration-act-1976/documents"}}