{"id":"F2016L01734","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2016 (No. 3)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95405,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L01734-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 2016 (No. 3)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2016 (No. 3)\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 7 November 2016\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 2016 (No. 3).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Endorsement commences on 1 December 2016.\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) | National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland | 1 December 2016               |\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":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or narrow coverage beyond endorsing an existing State declaration. It confirms that, for Fair Work Act purposes, the named employer is not a national system employer and sets the endorsement effective date (see s4(1)–(2) and Schedule 1). Any change to scope would originate in the State law the item cites (Industrial Relations Regulation 2011 (Qld)), not in this endorsement."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument endorsing a specific State declaration (low structural complexity).","Cross-reference to external statute: paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (requires checking another Act to see full legal effect).","Schedules naming the affected employer and effective date (simple but requires verify State law reference: Industrial Relations Regulation 2011 (Qld)).","Ministerial discretion is exercised by a single endorsement (limited administrative discretion to review).","Downstream legal effects hinge on interaction between State declaration and national system coverage (procedural complexity for applied compliance).","No transitional or compliance procedures included in instrument (implementation details located elsewhere)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument records the Commonwealth Minister’s formal endorsement (under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009) of a Queensland declaration that the National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland is not a \"national system employer.\" The endorsement takes effect from 1 December 2016. \n\nMechanically, the instrument fixes which industrial regime applies to that named employer (the Minister decides to endorse; the endorsement operates from commencement) and so changes which workplace laws govern the employer’s obligations and the affected employees’ entitlements (see s4 and Schedule 1)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function its title suggests: endorsing a specific state declaration to exclude one employer from the national system. There is no scope creep — it does not expand beyond the single employer listed in the schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections plus a single-item schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Single cross-reference to Fair Work Act 2009, section 14(4)(a)","Straightforward tabular format in Schedule 1 with only one entry","Minimal operational provisions — essentially a one-page approval of a state declaration"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for Employment in 2016, endorses a Queensland law declaring the National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland is not a \"national system employer.\" As a result the agency and its employees are excluded from the Fair Work Act 2009 and instead fall under Queensland's industrial relations laws, effective 1 December 2016. It formalises which jurisdiction’s employment rules govern a specific government employer."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employer-not-to-be-national-system-employer-endorsement-2016-no-3/documents"}}