{"id":"C2004L06695","name":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Act 2004 - Proclamation (22/04/2004)","slug":"workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28340,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06695-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Act 2004 - Proclamation (22/04/2004)","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 (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Act 2004\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 (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Act 2004, fix 30 April 2004 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 22 April 2004\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":1133},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation that performs exactly the function intended by the enabling Act's subsection 2(1) — bringing Schedule 1 into force on a specified date. There is no expansion or alteration of the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretive sections","Straightforward administrative mechanism with no conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal **commencement proclamation** — essentially a legal 'start button' for part of a workplace law.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Activates Schedule 1 of the *Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Act 2004*\n- Sets the start date as **30 April 2004**\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAustralian laws often don't take effect immediately after Parliament passes them. This Proclamation, signed by the Governor-General on 22 April 2004, formally triggers the new rules about remedies for unlawful industrial action. Without this document, those legal changes would remain inactive."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-improved-remedies-for-unprotected-action-act-2004-proclamation-22-04-2/documents"}}