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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (CHRISTMAS ISLAND) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 162

Statutory Rules 1995 No. 162

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industrial Relations

Industrial Relations Act 1988

Industrial Relations (Christmas Island) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 359 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

The Industrial Relations (Christmas Island) Regulations (the Regulations) were made in 1992. They make a number of modifications to the Act, for the purposes of extending the provisions of the Act to Christmas Island.

Section 191 of the Act provides for a number of procedural matters in relation to registration of employee organisations. The section had been modified to provide that the Union of Christmas Island Workers (the UCIW) was taken to be a registered organisation, for the purposes of the Act until 30 June 1995. This period of, time was to allow the UCIW to amalgamate with another union. This did not occur before 30 June 1995, and it was necessary to extend the period of registration for the UCIW for a further six months.

Sections 193 and 193A of the Act had provided for a review procedure of small registered organisations. The Regulations modified the Act, to exclude the UCIW from this review process. Sections 193 and 193A had been repealed by section 76 of the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993. It was necessary separately to delete the modifications, made by the Regulations, to former sections 193 and 193A of the Act

Regulation 1 provides that the amending Regulations commenced on 30 June 1995.

Subregulation 3.1 modifies section 191 of the Act by changing the date in subsection (7) to 31 December 1995.

Subregulations 3.2 and 3.3 of the amending Regulations omit the modifications made to former sections 193 and 193A of the Act, respectively.