Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002 - Proclamation (06/02/2003)

This document is a formal proclamation that sets 7 February 2003 as the date when Schedule 1 of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002 comes into force.

In simple terms:

It is a "start date" announcement made by the Governor-General (Peter Hollingworth) on advice from the Federal Executive Council
It activates the "Genuine Bargaining" amendments—the substantive changes to workplace relations law—on that specific date
Without this proclamation, the new rules about collective bargaining would remain dormant on the statute books and not take legal effect

Important note: This document does not contain the actual workplace relations rules or bargaining procedures themselves. It is purely a timing mechanism that triggers Schedule 1 of the parent Act, which contains the substantive industrial relations changes.

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Proclamation

Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002

I, 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 Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002, fix 7 February 2003 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 6 February 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations