{"id":"F2015L01915","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations - employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2015 (No. 2)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93684,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01915-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 2015 (No. 2)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2015 (No. 2)\n\nFair Work Act 2009\n\nI, MICHAELIA CASH, Minister for Employment, make this Endorsement under paragraph 14 (4) (a) of the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\nDated 29 November 2015\n\nMichaelia Cash\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 2015 (No. 2).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Endorsement commences immediately after the commencement of section 68 the Building Queensland Act 2015 (Qld).\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 commencement of this instrument.\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) | Building Queensland | Immediately after the commencement of section 68 the Building Queensland Act 2015 (Qld) |\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":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or narrow the class of employers beyond the State declaration it endorses. It simply endorses Queensland's declaration that Building Queensland is not a national system employer and makes that endorsement effective on the defined commencement event; it leaves the underlying State law and Fair Work Act criteria unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow scope — single named employer (Building Queensland) in Schedule 1","Cross-references to other statutes (Fair Work Act paragraph 14(4)(a) and commencement of section 68 of the Building Queensland Act 2015) create timing and dependency complexity","Low administrative discretion — instrument endorses a State declaration rather than setting policy or detailed rules","Legal effect changes jurisdictional coverage (state vs federal industrial law), requiring affected parties to check which regime applies","Formal legal drafting and legislative reference structure (endorsement mechanism) increases interpretive steps despite substantive simplicity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Endorsement formally approves a Queensland declaration that Building Queensland is not a “national system employer” under the Fair Work Act, so federal workplace coverage does not apply to that employer once section 68 of the Building Queensland Act 2015 commences. It affects Building Queensland, its workers and contractors by shifting which industrial relations rules apply; the Minister endorses the State declaration under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act, creating a legal change in compliance obligations and who enforces them."},"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"},"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 single employer (Building Queensland) from the national workplace relations system. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of section 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009."},"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 in Schedule 1 with only one entry","Operates mechanically: state declares, Minister endorses, effect follows automatically"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is the federal government's formal endorsement that Building Queensland is excluded from the national workplace system under the Fair Work Act. \n\nIt means Building Queensland and its employees remain governed by Queensland’s industrial relations regime, clarifying which employers and unions deal with the state rather than federal workplace laws."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2015-no-2/documents"}}