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APEC PUBLIC HOLIDAY BILL 2007

                               2004-2005-2006-2007




       THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




                     APEC PUBLIC HOLIDAY BILL 2007



            SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM


              Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government




(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the
                              Honourable Joe Hockey MP)
Outline




                            APEC PUBLIC HOLIDAY BILL 2007

OUTLINE
The proposed government amendments would amend the APEC Public Holiday Bill. The
amendments would expand the range of industrial instruments to which the APEC Bill would
apply. The effect of the amendments would be to deem the APEC holiday as a public holiday in
all industrial instruments operating in the federal system to which the APEC public holiday
applies.
FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT
The proposed amendments are not expected to have any impact on Commonwealth expenditure.




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Notes on Amendments



NOTES ON AMENDMENTS
Amendment 1 - Clause 3, page 2 (line 3)
1.     This amendment would make a minor amendment to the Object of Act to reflect the
amendments to deem the APEC holiday as a public holiday in all federal industrial instruments
to which the APEC public holiday applies.

Amendment 2 - Clause 4, page 2 (line 13)
Amendment 3 - Clause 4, page 2 (line 17)
Amendment 4 - Clause 4, page 2 (line 19)
2.      These amendments would make consequential changes the definition of employment in
clause 4 of the Bill to reflect the new definition of industrial instrument.

Amendment 5 - Clause 4, page 2 (after line 21)
3.     This amendment inserts a new definition of industrial instrument in clause 4 of the Bill.
The new definition of industrial instrument ensures that the Bill would apply to all industrial
instruments operating in the federal system to which the APEC public holiday would apply.

Amendment 6 - Clause 4, page 2 (line 27)
4.     This amendment omits the definition of pre-reform industrial in clause 4 of the Bill.

Amendment 7 - Clause 5, page 3 (line 12)
Amendment 8 - Clause 5, page 3 (line 20)
5.     These amendments are consequential to the new definition of industrial instrument.




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