{"id":"C2004L06693","name":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002 - Proclamation (06/02/2003)","slug":"workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28338,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06693-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002 - Proclamation (06/02/2003)","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 (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, 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 (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002, fix 7 February 2003 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 6 February 2003\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nTONY ABBOTT\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1489},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly its intended function: bringing Schedule 1 into operation on a fixed date. The scope remains strictly limited to commencement and has not expanded beyond this procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to substantive provisions within the text","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Purely procedural mechanism of less than 100 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal proclamation that sets **7 February 2003** as the date when **Schedule 1** of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002 comes into force.\n\nIn simple terms:\n* It is a \"start date\" announcement made by the Governor-General (Peter Hollingworth) on advice from the Federal Executive Council\n* It activates the \"Genuine Bargaining\" amendments—the substantive changes to workplace relations law—on that specific date\n* Without this proclamation, the new rules about collective bargaining would remain dormant on the statute books and not take legal effect\n\n**Important note**: This document does **not** contain the actual workplace relations rules or bargaining procedures themselves. It is purely a timing mechanism that triggers Schedule 1 of the parent Act, which contains the substantive industrial relations changes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-genuine-bargaining-act-2002-proclamation-06-02-2003/documents"}}