{"id":"C2004L06692","name":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003 - Proclamation (20/11/2003)","slug":"workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28337,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06692-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003 - Proclamation (20/11/2003)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nWorkplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003, fix 27 November 2003 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 20 November 2003\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nKEVIN ANDREWS\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1961},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation serves its exact procedural purpose under section 2(1) of the parent Act, fixing commencement dates precisely as authorised without expanding or altering the scope of the underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing one commencement date","No defined terms or glossary","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other Acts","Purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal legal notice that switches on parts of an Act already passed by Parliament.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **27 November 2003** as the date when **Schedules 1 and 2** of the *Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003* come into force (start operating).\n- Signed by the Governor-General (Philip Jeffery) acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council.\n- Made under **section 2(1)** of the parent Act, which gives the Governor-General the power to decide when different parts of that Act begin.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis document itself doesn't create new workplace rules or unfair dismissal rights. It simply activates (commences) the specific sections contained in Schedules 1 and 2 of the earlier Act. Until this proclamation was signed, those schedules were dormant — now they have legal effect from 27 November 2003 onwards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-fair-termination-act-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/documents"}}