Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS ACT 1993 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        “award” means —

            (a)         an award under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 , and includes any industrial agreement or order under that Act; and

            (b)         an award under the Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 , and includes any order under that Act and any agreement that comes within section 12(4) or 17(1) of that Act;

        “bargaining agent” means a person or persons representing another person or other persons under section 15;

        “collective workplace agreement” means a workplace agreement of the kind described in section 9 and where the context so requires means an agreement of that kind that is in force;

        "Commission" has the same meaning as it has in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;

        "designated day" means the day on which section 31 of the Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 comes into operation ² ;

        “employee” means —

            (a)         a person who is an employee within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ; and

            (b)         a person to whom section 43(1) applies;

        “employer” has the same meaning as in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 except that for the purposes of giving effect to Part 3 it has the meaning given by section 44;

        “individual workplace agreement” means a workplace agreement of the kind described in section 10 and where the context so requires means an agreement of that kind that is in force;

"         legal practitioner" means a "certificated practitioner” as defined in the Legal Practitioners Act 1893 ;

        “organization” has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;

        "Registrar" and "Deputy Registrar" have the same meanings as they have in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;

        "repealed", in relation to a section of a particular number, means the section in this Act of that number repealed by a provision of Part 3 Division 1 of the Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 ;

        “workplace agreement” means an agreement of the kind described in section 5 and where the context so requires means an agreement of that kind that is in force.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 79 of 1995 s. 18(1); No. 20 of 2002 s. 30.]