{"id":"F2006L00836","name":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 - Proclamation","slug":"workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":136913,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L00836-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 - 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 (Work Choices) Act 2005\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 (Work Choices) Act 2005, fix 27 March 2006 as the day on which Schedules 1, 2 and 5 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 17 March 2006\n\n \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":1743},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation that operates strictly within the procedural scope set by the parent Act's commencement provision. It does not alter the substantive scope of the Work Choices legislation but merely activates pre-determined schedules on the specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","Minimal cross-referencing (only to subsection 2(1) of the parent Act and specific Schedules)","No defined terms, conditions, or exceptions","Purely procedural administrative instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal **commencement proclamation** — an official legal notice that brings specific parts of an existing law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **27 March 2006** as the start date for **Schedules 1, 2 and 5** of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005.\n- These schedules contained the main operational provisions of the WorkChoices reforms, fundamentally changing workplace agreement-making and industrial relations oversight.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Employers, employees, and unions covered by the federal workplace relations system, as the activated schedules introduced the new legal framework for their employment relationships.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis proclamation officially triggered the controversial WorkChoices regime, shifting significant powers from industrial tribunals to individual employers and employees, and remains a landmark moment in Australian labour law history."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-amendment-work-choices-act-2005-proclamation/documents"}}