{"id":"F2013L01507","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations - employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No. 2)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":91324,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L01507-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fair Work (State Declarations - employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No. 2)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No.2)\n\nFair Work Act 2009\n\nI, WILLIAM RICHARD SHORTEN, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Endorsement under paragraph 14 (4) (a) of the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\nDated 14 July 2013\n\nWilliam Richard Shorten\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Endorsement 2\n\n2 Commencement 2\n\n3 Definition 2\n\n4 Endorsement of State Declarations 2\n\nSchedule 1 Employer declared by or under a law of a State not to be a national system employer 3\n\nPart 1 Employer declared by or under a law of Queensland not to be a national system employer 3\n\n1 Name of Endorsement\n\nThis Endorsement is the Fair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No.2).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Endorsement commences on 1 October 2013.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn this Endorsement:\n\n> Act means the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\n4 Endorsement of State Declarations\n\n(1) For paragraph 14 (4) (a) of the Act, a declaration, by or under a law of a State mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 that an employer mentioned in that item is not to be a national system employer for the purposes of the Act, is endorsed.\n\n(2) The endorsement of a declaration in relation to an employer mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 takes effect from the date mentioned in that item.\n\nSchedule 1 Employer declared by or under a law of a State not to be a national system employer\n\n(section 4)\n\nPart 1 Employer declared by or under a law of Queensland not to be a national system employer\n\n| Item | Law of Queensland                          | Employer                        | Date of effect of endorsement |\n| ---- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |\n| 1    | Industrial Relations Regulation 2011 (Qld) | Trade and Investment Queensland | 1 October 2013                |\n|      |                                            |                                 |                               |\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: endorsing a specific state declaration to exclude a named employer from the national system. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections plus a single-item schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","Single cross-reference to Fair Work Act 2009, section 14(4)(a)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Straightforward tabular format for the substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This 2013 instrument is the federal minister’s formal endorsement of a Queensland law that keeps Trade and Investment Queensland outside the national workplace relations system. As a result, employees of that agency remain covered by Queensland state industrial laws rather than the Fair Work Act, affecting applicable wages, dispute processes and industrial rights."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the statutory scope of the Fair Work Act. It simply endorses a State-made declaration in respect of a single named employer, leaving jurisdictional coverage determined by the State declaration and the Act rather than expanding or narrowing the Act's general coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-entity effect — Schedule 1 names one employer (Trade and Investment Queensland), reducing breadth.","Cross-jurisdictional dependency — endorsement exercises federal power under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act to recognise a State law declaration (see section 4).","Reliance on State instrument — the underlying declaration is made by or under the Industrial Relations Regulation 2011 (Qld) (Schedule 1).","Fixed commencement mechanics — separate commencement provision and effective date specified (section 2; Schedule 1).","Formal registration/notice practice — references Federal Register of Legislative Instruments for record-keeping (note in instrument)."],"plain_english_summary":"This endorsement formally accepts a Queensland declaration that Trade and Investment Queensland is not a \"national system employer\" under the Fair Work Act. The effect, from 1 October 2013, is that that employer (and the employees it engages) remain subject to Queensland industrial law rather than the federal national system. It matters because it fixes which legal regime governs employment rights and obligations for the named entity."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2013-no-2/documents"}}