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Industrial Relations Act 1979
21The *Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2006* s. 22 contains transitional provisions.
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21 The *Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2006* s. 22 contains transitional provisions.
22 The *Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2021* s. 7(4), 24(1) and 75(2) were deleted when s. 5(2) of that Act came into operation. See s. 7(5), 24(2) and 75(3) of that Act.
23 The *Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022* the Table to s. 424 it. 22 amendment to s. 51Q(4) will not come into operation because the section it sought to amend was replaced by the *Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2021* s. 31.
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
adopting provision 71A(2)
affected person 23B(1)
agency resolution period 36AJ, 129(1)
aggrieved person 51BT(1), 51BX(1), 51BZ(1), 51BZC(1)
alteration 7(1)
alternative remedy 51Q(1)
amended 118
amended Act Sch. 6 cl. 1
amending Act Sch. 6 cl. 1
anti-discrimination legislation 51BZD(1)
appeal 125(1)
applicable order 48A.(3)
applicant 97WR
application 103(3)
apprentice 7(1)
approved form 7(1)
arbitration functions 32A(1)
arbitrator 97WH
Arbitrator 124(1)
area and scope provisions 29A(1a)
association 7(1)
auditor 65
authorised representative 49G(1)
award 7(1), 46(5), 97U(1), 97UG(7)
bargaining agent 97U(1)
bargaining in good faith 42B(2)
Board 125(1)
Board of Reference 121(1)
breach 103(3)
breach of public sector standards claim 7(1), 36AJ
bullied 51BF, 51BI(1)
bullying 7(1)
business premises 98(3)
calling 7(1)
cancellation agreement 97U(1)
CEO 7(1)
Chamber 7(1)
Chief Commissioner 7(1)
Chief Magistrate 81B(6)
civil infringement notice 84B, 84C(2)
civil infringement notice penalty 84B, 84C(2)
civil penalty provision 7(1)
collegiate electoral system 52
commencement day 20(8b), 117(1), 118, 129(1), Sch. 6 cl. 1
Commission 7(1), 16(1), 42C(6), 49(1), 50(1), 97VW, Sch. 6 cl. 5(1)
commissioner 7(1)
Commission in Court Session 7(1)
comparable award 97VR
complainant 96L(2)
compliance notice 84O, 84Q(1)
complying superannuation fund or scheme 48B(1)
conciliation functions 32A(1)
conditions of service provision 36AA(1)
conduct of a sexual nature 51BQ(2)
contravene 83(1A)
contravention 83EA(1), 84AA(1), 84K, 84O
conviction 49G(1)
corporation 96H(3)
corresponding authority 80ZI(3)
corresponding provision of this Act 80BF(1)
counterpart federal body 52, 52A(2) and (3)
Court 7(1)
damaging action 97
day of execution 97UY(6)
decision 7(1), 84(1)
declaration 7(1)
declared employee 80B
declared employer 80B
Department 7(1)
departmental officer 7(1)
deputy registrar 7(1)
designated deputy registrar 95(3)
direct voting system 52
discriminatory action 96E(4)
dispute 97WH
disqualified person 112A(3B)
EEA 7(1), 97WB(2)
EEA dispute provisions 97U(1)
electronic means 7(1)
employed 99C(1)
employee 7(1), 97, 97U(2) and (3)
employees 36A(1)
employer 7(1), 97, 97U(2) and (3)
employer-employee agreement 7(1)
employing authority 7(1)
employment claim 23B(1)
employment law 98(3)
employment record 7(1)
employment services for persons with disabilities 97U(1)
enforceable undertaking 84K
enterprise 72A(1)
enterprise award 7(1)
enterprise order 7(1), 42I(1)
entitlement provision 7(1)
equal remuneration 7(1)
equal remuneration order 7(1), 51O(2)
existing employee 97U(1)
expiry day 49G(1), 49Q(3)
exposure draft 97WA(1)
federal award 80B
federal counterpart 49G(1), 80BG(1)
federal industrial authority 80B
federal industrial instrument 80B
federal organisation 7(1)
final decision 35(1A)
final offer arbitration 7(1)
finance official 74(1)
finding 7(1)
first agreement 41(8)
first person 51BQ(1), 51BZB(1)
fit and proper person criteria 49G(1), 49P(2)
flexible working arrangement dispute 7(1), 51D
flexible working arrangement order 51C(1), 51G(5)
flexible working arrangement request 51C(1)
foreign roll 112A(3B)
former Sch. 6 cl. 1
former Act 123(1), Sch. 6 cl. 5(1)
former acting President Sch. 6 cl. 1 and 2(1)
former section 117(1)
former section 73 summons Sch. 6 cl. 8(1)
Full Bench 7(1)
FW Act 7(1)
FW Commission 7(1)
FW (Registered Organisations) Act 7(1)
FW (Transitional) Act 7(1)
general jurisdiction 81AA
General Manager 80BE(1)
Government Financial Projections Statement 26(2B)
government officer 7(1), 36AB(1) and (2)
group training organisation 7(1)
guardianship order 97WS(4)
habitation premises 49K(1)
health services employee 7(1)
human resource management activity 36AI
in connection with work 7(1), 51BR(2)
industrial action 7(1)
industrial agreement 7(1)
Industrial Gazette 7(1)
industrial inspector 7(1), 84P
industrial instrument 7(1), 29AA(5)
industrial law 49G(1)
industrial location 98(3)
industrial magistrate’s court 7(1)
industrial matter 7(1)
industry 7(1)
initiating party 40C
instrument-governed employee with a disability 50A(1AA)
instrument to which this section applies 98(6)
involved in 83(2A), 83E(1B)
involved person 83EA(6)
irregularity 7(1)
judge 7(1)
judgment 81CB(1), 88(1)
labour hire agency 7(1)
later expiry day 49S(1)
limited guardian 97WS(4)
local government long service leave provision 7(1)
LSL Act 7(1)
matter Sch. 6 cl. 1
MCE Act 7(1)
medical practitioner 72B(1), 97WR
mental disability 97WR
minimum condition of employment 7(1)
national fair work legislation 80B
negotiating party 40C
new award 36A(1)
new employee 97U(1)
new permit 49S(1)
new State instrument 80B, 80BB(2)
no-disadvantage test 97U(1)
nominal expiry date 42(8)
nominated official 49G(1), 49N(3)
nominated person 84B
occupier 49L(2)
office 7(1)
officer 7(1)
officer of the Commission 7(1)
officer of the Court 7(1)
old federal instrument 80B, 80BB(1)
one-tier collegiate electoral system 52
organisation 7(1), 72A(1), 72B(2), 96A
organisation of employees 96A
original dispute 97WK(1)
original term 56A(4)
outworker 51BH(1A)
particular allegation 51BZD(1)
party 38(1b), 91(2), 97U(1), 97VC(5), Sch. 4 cl. 1(3)
peak industrial body 97VZ(3)
person 51BF, 51BR(1)
person with a mental disability 97WR
plenary guardian 97WS(4)
postal ballot 52
post-commencement behaviour 123(1)
post-secondary education institution 7(1)
pre-commencement behaviour 123(1)
premises 7(1)
prescribed amount 29AA(5)
prescribed period 40C, 42A(1)
prescribed procedures 129(1)
presiding commissioner 7(1)
presiding judge 7(1)
principal 7(6), 51BS(1), 83EA(6)
principal executive officer 7(1)
private sector award 7(1)
proceedings 49(4)
produce 7(1)
proposed representative 97WR, 97WV(3), 97XM(3)
prosecution jurisdiction 81AA
protected information 97WB(1)
Public Advocate 97WR
public authority 7(1)
public hospital 7(1)
public sector award 7(1)
public sector body 7(1), 36AI
Public Sector Commissioner 129(1)
public sector decision 26(2B)
public sector entity 26(2B)
Public Sector Wages Policy Statement 26(2B)
public service officer 7(1)
published in the required manner 7(1)
qualified commissioner 81B(2A)
recipient 84B, 84V(1)
reclassification 7(1), 36AD(1)
record 7(1)
record-related civil penalty provision 7(1)
Registrar 7(1), 96(1)
Registrar’s Department 7(1)
Registrar’s Department officer 7(1)
registration 7(1)
regulations 97U(1)
relevant day 80A(2), 80B
relevant employee 49G(1)
relevant order 97VR
relevant organisation 49R(2)
relevant person 49E(4)
relevant policy instrument 36AG(2)
relevant proceedings 37D(9)
relevant provision 128(1)
remuneration-related action 51R(1)
repeal 118
repealed 118
repealed Act 7(1)
repealed Workplace Act 80B
representative 7(1), 97X, 97XO
represented person 7(1), 97X, 97XO
respond 51C(1)
respondent 51BX(1), 51BZ(1), 51BZC(1), 77(1)
revocation order 97WR, 97XG, 97XI(1)
right of entry permit 49G(1)
rules 52A(1)
secondary office 7(1)
second person 51BQ(1), 51BZB(2)
section 97UM signatory 97U(1)
Senior Commissioner 7(1)
serious contravention 7(1), 83EA(2)
sexual harassment proceeding 51BF
sexual harassment referral 51BF, 51BT(1)
sexually harasses 7(1), 51BQ(1)
specified 51A(3)
specified public sector standard 36AI
statement of principles 51O(1)
State organisation 52
State rules 71A(2)
State Wage order 50A(1)
stop bullying application 51BF, 51BJ(1)
stop bullying order 51BF, 51BM(2)
stop sexual harassment application 51BF, 51BT(1)
stop sexual harassment order 51BF, 51BX(2)
subscription 7(1)
supported employment service 50A(1AA)
supported wage industrial instrument provision 7(1)
Supported Wage System 7(1)
SWIIP 7(1)
SWS 7(1)
taking action 36AI
teacher 36AB(3)
terms 80B
third party 23B(1), 97C(1)
threats 48B(5)
transitioned private sector award 117(1)
vary 7(1)
volunteer 51BF
volunteer association 51BG(3)
WA Branch of the AMA 72B(1)
wage assessment tool 7(1)
WA Police 51BF
worker 7(1), 51BH(1) and (3)
work health and safety law 49G(1)
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