Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015

No. 45, 2015

An Act to amend the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Amendments 3

Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012 3

Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015

No. 45, 2015

An Act to amend the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 May 2015]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Act 2015.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Amendments

Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012

1 Section 46

Omit “3 years”, substitute “5 years”.

2 At the end of section 46

Add:

Note: As 1 June 2012, the Director may not make an application under that section after 1 June 2017.section 45 commenced on

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

Senate on 25 March 2015

House of Representatives on 13 May 2015]

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