{"id":"F2015L01420","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2015 (No. 1)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":154537,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01420-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2015 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2015 (No. 1)\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 9 September 2015\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 New South Wales 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 2015 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Endorsement commences on 9 September 2015.\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 New South Wales not to be a national system employer\n\n| Item | Law of New South Wales                             | Employer               | Date of effect of endorsement |\n| ---- | -------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------------- |\n| 1    | State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 (NSW) | Insurance and Care NSW | 9 September 2015              |\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":"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"By endorsing the NSW declaration in Schedule 1, the Endorsement removes Insurance and Care NSW from coverage as a national system employer under the Fair Work Act as of 9 September 2015 (s4; Schedule 1), so the applicable industrial framework for that employer becomes State law rather than the federal national system."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument with a mechanical endorsement function (s4).","Direct cross-reference to the Fair Work Act (paragraph 14(4)(a)) but no standalone substantive rules.","Key effect depends on an external State law named in Schedule 1 (State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 (NSW)), not reproduced here.","Legal consequence determined by the Schedule entry (employer identity and effective date), requiring accurate statutory naming and dating.","Low administrative discretion: Minister records endorsement rather than creating policy details."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument records the Commonwealth Minister’s formal endorsement of a New South Wales declaration that a named employer — Insurance and Care NSW — is not a “national system employer” under the Fair Work Act, effective 9 September 2015 (s4; Schedule 1). It therefore shifts which body of workplace law applies to that employer from the national system to State law. The endorsement is a ministerial registration step that relies on the State law cited in the Schedule and so alters who decides applicable compliance obligations."},"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 or expansion beyond the original purpose."},"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 exceptions","Straightforward tabular format in Schedule 1 with only one entry","Minimal operational provisions — essentially a one-page approval of a state law"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is the federal government's formal approval of a NSW law that takes Insurance and Care NSW out of the national Fair Work system. It endorses the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 so that this agency is governed by NSW industrial laws rather than the Fair Work Act.\n\nThat change affects Insurance and Care NSW and its employees by shifting which workplace rules (wages, dismissal, industrial action, etc.) apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-1/documents"}}