Commonwealth legislation

Independent Contractors Act 2006 - Proclamation

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

1/10 complexity

This document is a formal order (a Proclamation) by the Governor‑General that switches on the Independent Contractors Act 2006.

What it does

Sets 1 March 2007 as the date when the main parts of the Independent Contractors Act 2006 (sections 3 to 43) become enforceable law.
Activates the national statutory framework governing independent contracting relationships, overriding inconsistent state and territory laws.

Why it matters Without this Proclamation, the Act would remain dormant. This document officially triggers the legal protections and rules for independent contractors and the businesses that hire them, ensuring a consistent national approach to contracting arrangements from 1 March 2007.

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in Independent Contractors Act 2006 - Proclamation.

Independent Contractors Act 2006 - Proclamation

meta-content-style-type: text/css meta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8 meta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2 title: Proclamation

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

View image in the official source

Proclamation

Independent Contractors Act 2006

I, 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 Independent Contractors Act 2006, fix 1 March 2007 as the day on which sections 3 to 43 of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 15 February 2007

P. M. JEFFERY Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.