{"id":"F2008L00959","name":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 - Proclamation","slug":"workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":73085,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L00959-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 - Proclamation","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Proclamation\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nWorkplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008, fix 28 March 2008 as the day on which Schedules 1 to 7 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 27 March 2008\n\nP. M. JEFFERY  Governor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nJULIA GILLARD\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1776},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing its intended function—activating specified schedules of the parent Act on a fixed date. It does not alter, expand, or restrict the substantive scope of the underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single, unambiguous operative clause fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation sections","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the parent Act citation","Extremely short (one substantive sentence)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal legal instrument (a **Proclamation**) made by the Governor‑General that switches on specific parts of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008.\n\n**What it does:**\n- It sets **28 March 2008** as the date when **Schedules 1 to 7** of that Act officially commence (become operational law).\n- In Australia, Acts of Parliament often need a Proclamation like this to activate them—they don't always start automatically on the day they receive Royal Assent (formal approval).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Employers, employees, and industrial relations bodies covered by the amended Act, as it triggers specific workplace relations reforms to take effect on that date.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this document, those seven schedules of the workplace relations amendments would remain legally dormant. This Proclamation is essentially the \"start button\" that brings those specific industrial relations changes into force."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-transition-to-forward-with-fairness-act-2008-proclamation/documents"}}