117Review of Act

117 Review of Act

117 Review of Act

(1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.

(2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 5 years from the date of assent to this Act.

(3) A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 5 years.

(4) In addition, the Industrial Relations Advisory Council is to review the operation of this Act as soon as practicable after 1 July 2012 to assess the viability of extending the operation of the portable long service leave scheme under this Act that applies to workers in the contract cleaning industry to all workers in NSW (and in particular to workers in the social and community services industry, the security industry and other industry in which workers are generally engaged for short periods).

(5) A report of the outcome of the review under subsection (4) is to be provided to the Minister within 12 months after 1 July 2012.