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Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003 - Proclamation (18/12/2003)

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What this document does

This is a formal proclamation (a legal announcement) by the Governor-General that activates specific parts of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003.

Key details:

Effective date: 1 January 2004
What starts: Schedules 1, 2, and 3 of the Act (these contain the actual workplace relations changes)
Who it affects: Victorian workers, who gain improved protections under Commonwealth workplace laws from this date

Why this matters: Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically start immediately. This document acts as the legal 'start button', formally triggering the new workplace protections for Victorian employees on New Year's Day 2004.

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Proclamation

Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003

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 Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Act 2003, fix 1 January 2004 as the day on which Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 18 December 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

KEVIN ANDREWS

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

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