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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (PROHIBITION OF BARGAINING SERVICES FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2007

                     Western Australia


Industrial Relations (Prohibition of Bargaining
     Services Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

                       CONTENTS


        Part 1 -- Preliminary
   1.   Short title                                              2
   2.   Commencement                                             2
        Part 2 -- Amendments to Industrial
             Relations Act 1979
   3.   The Act amended                                          3
   4.   Section 96A amended                                      3
   5.   Section 96A amended                                      3
   6.   Section 96BA inserted                                    4
        96BA.   Provision requiring or permitting payment
                of bargaining services fee to have no
                effect                                      4




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                           Western Australia


                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

                   (Introduced by Mr Cowper, MLA)


 Industrial Relations (Prohibition of Bargaining
      Services Fees) Amendment Bill 2007


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Industrial Relations Act to prohibit an
employment agreement containing a bargaining service fee.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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    Industrial Relations (Prohibition of Bargaining Services Fees) Amendment
    Bill 2007
    Part 1           Preliminary

    s. 1


                           Part 1 -- Preliminary
    1.       Short title
             This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations (Prohibition of
             Bargaining Services Fees) Amendment Act 2007.

5   2.       Commencement
             This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.




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     Industrial Relations (Prohibition of Bargaining Services Fees) Amendment
                                                                      Bill 2007
                      Amendments to Industrial Relations Act 1979        Part 2

                                                                               s. 3


     Part 2 -- Amendments to Industrial Relations Act 1979
     3.       The Act amended
              The amendments in this Part are to the Industrial Relations Act
              1979.

 5   4.       Section 96A amended
              Section 96A is amended by inserting the following definition in
              the appropriate alphabetical position --
              "
                    "bargaining services" means services provided by (or
10                      on behalf of) an organisation in relation to an
                        award, industrial agreement or order under this
                        Act, or any arrangement between persons relating
                        to employment, including the negotiation, making,
                        operation, extension, variation or termination of
15                      the award, industrial agreement or order under this
                        Act or arrangement between persons relating to
                        employment;
                                                                                ".

     5.       Section 96A amended
20            Section 96A is amended by inserting the following definition in
              the appropriate alphabetical position --
              "
                    "bargaining services fee" means a fee, howsoever
                        described, payable to an organisation (or to
25                      someone else in lieu of an organisation) wholly or
                        partly for the provision, or purported provision, of
                        bargaining services, but does not include
                        membership dues.
                                                                                ".




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     Industrial Relations (Prohibition of Bargaining Services Fees) Amendment
     Bill 2007
     Part 2           Amendments to Industrial Relations Act 1979

     s. 6


     6.       Section 96BA inserted
              After section 96B the following section is inserted --
     "
            96BA.   Provision requiring or permitting payment of
 5                  bargaining services fee to have no effect
              (1)   An award, industrial agreement or order under this Act,
                    or any arrangement between persons relating to
                    employment must not require or permit payment of a
                    bargaining services fee.
10            (2)   The prohibition in subsection (1) extends to awards,
                    industrial agreements, orders and arrangements that are
                    in force at the commencement of section 28 of the
                    Industrial Relations Amendment Act 1993.
              (3)   A provision of any award, industrial agreement or
15                  order under this Act or any arrangement between
                    persons relating to employment that is contrary to this
                    section is of no effect.
                                                                              ".


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