{"id":"C2004L06701","name":"Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 - Proclamation (27/11/2002)","slug":"workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28346,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06701-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 - Proclamation (27/11/2002)","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 Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) 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 Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002, fix 12 May 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 27 November 2002\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":2140},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the limited function authorised by subsection 2(1) of the parent Act—fixing a commencement date. There is no expansion or alteration of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the citation","Purely procedural machinery provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal proclamation by the Governor-General that sets **12 May 2003** as the day when **Schedules 1 and 2** of the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 commence (come into force).\n\n**What this means:**\n- Specific amendments to workplace relations law (the consequential provisions in Schedules 1 and 2 of the parent Act) became legally active on this specific date.\n- This activated new rules about registration and accountability of organisations (unions and employer groups).\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- Employers, employees, and registered organisations (unions and employer associations) who needed to comply with the new accountability provisions from 12 May 2003 onwards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen","history":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen/history","analysis":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/workplace-relations-legislation-amendment-registration-and-accountability-of-organisations-consequen/documents"}}