Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              1

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

2............ Commencement ................................................................................... 1

3............ Objects of this Act .............................................................................. 2

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

5............ Services contract ................................................................................. 3

Part 2--Exclusion of certain State and Territory laws                                    5

6............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 5

7............ Exclusion of certain State and Territory laws ...................................... 5

8............ What are workplace relations matters .................................................. 6

9............ What is an unfairness ground .............................................................. 8

10.......... Regulations may specify laws that are intended to be excluded ........... 8

Part 3--Unfair contracts                                                                                                  10

11.......... Application of Part ............................................................................ 10

12.......... Court may review services contract ................................................... 10

13.......... Limitation on applications for review of services contracts--prescribed circumstances            11

14.......... Limitation on applications for review of services contracts--other proceedings in progress     11

15.......... Powers of Court ................................................................................ 12

16.......... Orders that Court may make ............................................................. 12

17.......... Costs only where proceeding instituted vexatiously .......................... 13

Part 5--Transitional provisions                                                                                   14

Division 1--State and Territory laws other than unfair contracts laws                14

31.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 14

32.......... Continuation contracts and related continuation contracts ................. 15

33.......... Reform opt-in agreement ................................................................... 16

34.......... Prohibited conduct in relation to reform opt-in agreements ............... 17

35.......... Continued application of the State or Territory contractor laws to certain services contracts     18

36.......... How section 35 applies if there is a transfer of business ................... 20

37.......... Application of the State or Territory contractor laws in relation to pre-reform commencement matters not affected by exclusion provisions ......................................................................... 22

Division 2--Unfair contracts laws                                                                        23

38.......... Definition .......................................................................................... 23

39.......... New applications relating to unfair contracts ..................................... 23

40.......... Applications under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 in progress at the reform commencement             23

41.......... Applications under an excluded State or Territory law in progress at the reform commencement             23

Part 6--Regulations                                                                                                             25

42.......... Regulations may make provision for transitional matters .................. 25

43.......... Power to make regulations ................................................................ 25

Notes                                                                                                                                              27

An Act relating to independent contractors, and for related purposes

  

Notes to the Independent Contractors Act 2006

Note 1

The Independent Contractors Act 2006 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 162, 2006 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Independent Contractors Act 2006	162, 2006	11 Dec 2006	Ss. 3-43: 1 Mar 2007 (see F2007L00412) Remainder: Royal Assent
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 14: (a)	Sch. 14 (item 11)
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (item 698) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (item 37) 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
37.  Schedule 14	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 4......................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Part 2
S. 6......................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Ss. 8, 9................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Part 5
Division 1
S. 34....................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Part 6
S. 42....................................	am. No. 46, 2011

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 (No. 54, 2009)

Schedule 14

11  Transitional provision

Despite the amendment of subsection 34(7) of the Independent Contractors Act 2006 made by item 10, Division 3 of Part 14 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to have effect on and after that commencement in relation to a breach, or suspected breach, of subsection 34(1) or (2) of the Independent Contractors Act 2006 that was committed before the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.