{"id":"F2022L01703","name":"Fair Work (State Declarations — employers not to be national system employers) Endorsement 2022 (No. 1)","slug":"fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441665,"registerId":"F2022L01703-fast-fetch-1775956919822","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fair Work (State Declarations — employers not to be national system employers) Endorsement 2022 (No. 1)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFair Work (State Declarations — employers not to be national system employers) Endorsement 2022 (No. 1)\n\nFair Work Act 2009\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for Employment and Workplace relations, make this Endorsement under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\nDated           6 December 2022\n\n \n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1   Name of Endorsement\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Definition\n\n4  Endorsement of State Declaration\n\nSchedule 1 Employers declared by or under a law of Western Australia not to be a national system employer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name of Endorsement\n\n  This Endorsement is the Fair Work (State Declarations — employers not to be national system employers) Endorsement 2022 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This Endorsement commences on 1 January 2023.\n\n3 Definition\n\n  In this Endorsement:\n\nAct means the Fair Work Act 2009.\n\n4 Endorsement of State Declaration\n\n  For paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Act, a declaration as in force on 1 January 2023 under the Industrial Relations (General) Regulations 1997 (WA) that an employer mentioned in Schedule 1 is not to be a national system employer for the purposes of the Act, is endorsed.\n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 1 Employers declared by or under a law of Western Australia not to be a national system employer\n\n(section 4)\n\nEmployer\n\nCity of Albany\n\nCity of Armadale\n\nShire of Ashburton\n\nShire of Augusta Margaret River\n\nTown of Bassendean\n\nCity of Bayswater\n\nCity of Belmont\n\nShire of Beverley\n\nShire of Boddington\n\nShire of Boyup Brook\n\nShire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes\n\nShire of Brookton\n\nShire of Broome\n\nShire of Broomehill-Tambellup\n\nShire of Bruce Rock\n\nCity of Bunbury\n\nCity of Busselton\n\nTown of Cambridge\n\nCity of Canning\n\nShire of Capel\n\nShire of Carnamah\n\nShire of Carnarvon\n\nShire of Chapman Valley\n\nShire of Chittering\n\nTown of Claremont\n\nCity of Cockburn\n\nShire of Collie\n\nShire of Coolgardie\n\nShire of Coorow\n\nShire of Corrigin\n\nTown of Cottesloe\n\nShire of Cranbrook\n\nShire of Cuballing\n\nShire of Cue\n\nShire of Cunderdin\n\nShire of Dalwallinu\n\nShire of Dandaragan\n\nShire of Dardanup\n\nShire of Denmark\n\nShire of Derby-West Kimberley\n\nShire of Donnybrook-Balingup\n\nShire of Dowerin\n\nShire of Dumbleyung\n\nShire of Dundas\n\nTown of East Fremantle\n\nShire of East Pilbara\n\nShire of Esperance\n\nShire of Exmouth\n\nCity of Fremantle\n\nShire of Gingin\n\nShire of Gnowangerup\n\nShire of Goomalling\n\nCity of Gosnells\n\nCity of Greater Geraldton\n\nShire of Halls Creek\n\nShire of Harvey\n\nShire of Irwin\n\nShire of Jerramungup\n\nCity of Joondalup\n\nCity of Kalamunda\n\nCity of Kalgoorlie-Boulder\n\nCity of Karratha\n\nShire of Katanning\n\nShire of Kellerberrin\n\nShire of Kent\n\nShire of Kojonup\n\nShire of Kondinin\n\nShire of Koorda\n\nShire of Kulin\n\nCity of Kwinana\n\nShire of Lake Grace\n\nShire of Laverton\n\nShire of Leonora\n\nCity of Mandurah\n\nShire of Manjimup\n\nShire of Meekatharra\n\nCity of Melville\n\nShire of Menzies\n\nShire of Merredin\n\nShire of Mingenew\n\nShire of Moora\n\nShire of Morawa\n\nTown of Mosman Park\n\nShire of Mount Magnet\n\nShire of Mount Marshall\n\nShire of Mukinbudin\n\nShire of Mundaring\n\nShire of Murchison\n\nShire of Murray\n\nShire of Nannup\n\nShire of Narembeen\n\nShire of Narrogin\n\nCity of Nedlands\n\nShire of Ngaanyatjarraku\n\nShire of Northam\n\nShire of Northampton\n\nShire of Nungarin\n\nShire of Peppermint Grove\n\nShire of Perenjori\n\nCity of Perth\n\nShire of Pingelly\n\nShire of Plantagenet\n\nTown of Port Hedland\n\nShire of Quairading\n\nShire of Ravensthorpe\n\nCity of Rockingham\n\nShire of Sandstone\n\nShire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale\n\nShire of Shark Bay\n\nCity of South Perth\n\nCity of Stirling\n\nCity of Subiaco\n\nCity of Swan\n\nShire of Tammin\n\nShire of Three Springs\n\nShire of Toodyay\n\nShire of Trayning\n\nShire of Upper Gascoyne\n\nTown of Victoria Park\n\nShire of Victoria Plains\n\nCity of Vincent\n\nShire of Wagin\n\nShire of Wandering\n\nCity of Wanneroo\n\nShire of Waroona\n\nShire of West Arthur\n\nShire of Westonia\n\nShire of Wickepin\n\nShire of Williams\n\nShire of Wiluna\n\nShire of Wongan-Ballidu\n\nShire of Woodanilling\n\nShire of Wyalkatchem\n\nShire of Wyndham-East Kimberley\n\nShire of Yalgoo\n\nShire of Yilgarn\n\nShire of York\n\nBunbury Harvey Regional Council\n\nEastern Metropolitan Regional Council\n\nMindarie Regional Council\n\nMurchison Regional Vermin Council\n\nResource Recovery Group\n\nRivers Regional Council\n\nTamala Park Regional Council\n\nWestern Metropolitan Regional Council\n\nNote\n\n1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://legislation.gov.au\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the narrow, technical function its title suggests: endorsing state declarations to exclude specific employers from the national system. There is no scope creep — it does not expand beyond the specific list of WA local government employers."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 operative sections plus a schedule","Single defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward legislative mechanism — minister simply endorses an existing state declaration","Schedule 1 is a plain list of 137 employer names with no additional conditions or qualifications","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the Fair Work Act 2009 and the WA Industrial Relations (General) Regulations 1997"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial endorsement formally approves 137 Western Australian local councils and eight regional waste management bodies to remain outside the federal Fair Work system and continue under WA’s state industrial laws. It affects those councils and their employees by preserving state-based workplace rights, dispute routes, and bargaining arrangements rather than access to the Fair Work Commission. This decision determines which legal regime governs thousands of local government workers in WA."},"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":"This Endorsement does not expand or narrow the set of employers beyond the WA declaration in force on 1 January 2023; it formally recognises that those named in Schedule 1 are not national system employers for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009 (see s4 and Schedule 1). The endorsement therefore maintains scope as set by the state declaration rather than altering it."},"complexity_factors":["Legal mechanism: a formal federal endorsement under paragraph 14(4)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (see section 4) — low statutory complexity but important constitutional/regulatory interaction.","Dependence on external instrument: endorses a WA declaration made under the Industrial Relations (General) Regulations 1997 (WA) as in force on 1 Jan 2023 (s4) — requires cross-referencing state regulation to establish effect.","Large, fixed list: Schedule 1 lists many named employers (local governments and regional councils) — administrative complexity in application, notification and record-keeping for employers, employees and agencies.","Commencement timing: designated commencement date (1 Jan 2023) creates a clear temporal cut‑off for coverage determinations (s2).","Compliance burden: affected employers must apply WA industrial relations rules rather than the national system (Schedule 1) — potential HR, legal and bargaining implications for those employers and their staff.","Limited discretion: instrument endorses a pre-existing state declaration rather than creating new discretionary powers at the federal level — constrained federal decision‑making (s4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, commencing 1 January 2023, endorses a Western Australian declaration that the listed employers are not \"national system employers\" for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009. It affects the listed local governments and regional councils by confirming that their employment relations remain governed by the State industrial relations regime rather than the federal (national) system. This matters because it determines which laws, awards and agencies apply to those employers and their employees."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1","history":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-work-state-declarations-employers-not-to-be-national-system-employers-endorsement-2022-no-1/documents"}}