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DAIRY INDUSTRY SERVICE REFORM ACT 2003 - NOTES

Act No. 32 of 2003 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 10 July 2009
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 54 of 2009

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

  

  

  


Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 1

4............ Crown to be bound ............................................................................. 2

5............ External Territories ............................................................................. 2

6............ Extraterritorial operation .................................................................... 2

Part 2--Provision of levy information to the Australian Dairy Corporation              3

7............ Provision of levy information to the Australian Dairy Corporation .. 3

Part 3--Privatisation of dairy corporations                                                               5

Division 1--Definitions                                                                                                 5

8............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 5

Division 2--Registration of the Australian Dairy Corporation as a Corporations Act company               7

9............ Application for registration ................................................................ 7

10.......... Funding contract before registration ................................................... 7

11.......... Registration as a company under the Corporations Act .................... 8

12.......... Operation of the Corporations Act after conversion time ................. 8

13.......... Accounting records ............................................................................. 8

14.......... Dairy Australia Limited not to be a Commonwealth authority etc. ... 9

Division 3--Transfer of assets and liabilities of the Dairy Research and Development Corporation    10

15.......... Transfer of assets and liabilities ....................................................... 10

16.......... Transfer of pending proceedings ...................................................... 10

17.......... Exemption from stamp duty etc. ...................................................... 10

18.......... References in certain instruments ..................................................... 11

19.......... Certificates in relation to assets ........................................................ 11

Division 4--Transferring employees of dairy corporations                    13

Subdivision A--Preliminary                                                                                    13

20.......... Transfer of staff ................................................................................ 13

21.......... Terms and conditions of transferring employees ............................. 13

22.......... Variation of terms and conditions of employment ........................... 14

Subdivision B--Application of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act                15

23.......... Expressions defined in SRC Act ....................................................... 15

24.......... Continued application of SRC Act ................................................... 15

25.......... Commonwealth liability to meet certain SRC Act liabilities ............ 15

26.......... SRC Act: rehabilitation provisions ................................................... 15

27.......... Premiums under the SRC Act ........................................................... 16

Subdivision C--Maternity leave provisions                                                           17

28.......... Maternity leave starting before conversion time .............................. 17

29.......... Maternity leave starting after conversion time ................................. 17

Subdivision D--Provisions relating to superannuation                                      18

30.......... Application of Superannuation Acts ................................................ 18

31.......... Application of the Superannuation Benefits (Supervisory Mechanisms) Act 1990 18

Subdivision E--Provisions relating to long service leave                                   18

32.......... Expressions defined in Long Service Leave Act ............................... 18

33.......... Long service leave for employees with less than 10 years service ... 18

34.......... Payments in lieu of long service leave for employees with less than 10 years service             19

35.......... Payments on the death of an employee ............................................ 20

36.......... Employee's long service leave credit for the purposes of sections 33 and 34          21

37.......... Employees with at least 10 years service ......................................... 22

38.......... Division not to affect post‑commencement long service leave rights 22

Division 5--Other provisions                                                                                 23

39.......... Operation of Archives Act ............................................................... 23

40.......... Certificates etc. taken to be authentic etc. ........................................ 23

Part 4--Other provisions                                                                                                   24

41.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 24

42.......... Compensation for acquisition of property ....................................... 24

43.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 25

Schedule 1--Amendments and repeals                                                                     26

Part 1--Amendment of Dairy Produce Act 1986                                               26

Dairy Produce Act 1986                                                                                            26

Part 2--Amendment of other Acts                                                                            49

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                        49

Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987       49

Farm Household Support Act 1992                                                                        49

Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991                            50

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988                                           50

Part 3--Repeal of regulations                                                                                      51

Dairy Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990                  51

Part 4--Transitional provisions                                                                                   52

Notes                                                                                                                                             53


An Act relating to the dairy industry, and for related purposes

  

Notes to the Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003

Note 1

The Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 32, 2003 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendment is incorporated in this compilation.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003

32, 2003

15 Apr 2003

Schedule 1: 1 July 2003 (see Gazette 2003, S228)
Remainder: Royal Assent

 

Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009

54, 2009

25 June 2009

Schedule 4 (items 2, 3): (a)

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(a)     Subsection 2(1) (item 10) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

10.  Schedule 4

Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.

1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)


Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Part 3

 

Division 4

 

Subdivision A

 

S. 21.................................

am. SLI 2006 No. 50

S. 22.................................

am. No. 54, 2009

Subdivision E

 

S. 38.................................

am. No. 54, 2009


 



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