{"id":"F2014L01057","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations - employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2014 (No. 3)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92154,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L01057-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 2014 (No. 3)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2014 (No.3)\n\nFair Work Act 2009\n\nI, ERIC ABETZ, Minister for Employment, make this Endorsement under paragraph 14 (4) (a) of the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\nDated 24 July 2014\n\nEric Abetz\n\nMinister for Employment\n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Endorsement 2\n\n2 Commencement 2\n\n3 Definition 2\n\n4 Endorsement of State Declaration 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 2014 (No.3).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Endorsement commences on 1 August 2014.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn this Endorsement:\n\n> Act means the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\n4 Endorsement of State Declaration\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) | Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges | 1 August 2014                 |\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":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Endorsement does not expand or contract the Fair Work Act’s substantive coverage; it simply endorses (under section 4(1) referencing paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Act) a State declaration listed in Schedule 1 that the named employer is not a national system employer, effective the date shown in Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow scope: single named employer listed in Schedule 1, Part 1 (Schedule 1)","Procedural mechanism: Ministerial endorsement under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Act (header and section 4)","Legal interplay between federal and state instruments requires checking the underlying state regulation (Industrial Relations Regulation 2011 (Qld) in Schedule 1)","Fixed effective date and explicit naming reduce administrative discretion and ambiguity (section 2; section 4(2); Schedule 1)","Low ongoing compliance burden federally but shifts enforcement and obligations to state regulators (section 4 and Schedule 1)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Endorsement (commencing 1 August 2014) formally accepts a Queensland law that declares Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges not to be a “national system employer” under the Fair Work Act (see section 4 and Schedule 1).  \n\nMechanically, it gives federal recognition to that state declaration from the listed date so the named employer remains subject to state industrial law rather than the Fair Work national system, shifting regulatory responsibility and compliance obligations to the State."},"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 workplace relations system. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (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 in Schedule 1 with only one entry","Operates as a simple ministerial endorsement with no substantive policy content of its own"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives federal endorsement to a Queensland law confirming that Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges are excluded from the national (federal) workplace relations system and remain subject to Queensland’s Industrial Relations Regulation 2011.\n\nThat means the colleges and their employees are governed by state, not federal, workplace law — a formal federal sign‑off making Queensland’s choice effective from 1 August 2014."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2014-no-3/documents"}}