Minister: Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations
Agency: Department of Education


Industrial Relations Act 2016

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
01 March 2017 01 March 2017 2016 Act No. 63

RA ss 7(1)(k), 37, 40

31 August 2017 05 January 2018 2017 Act No. 27

RA s 35

02 March 2018 17 May 2018

prov exp 1 March 2018

01 July 2019 15 October 2019 2019 Act No. 5
05 December 2019 09 December 2019 2019 Act No. 37
22 June 2020 24 June 2020 2020 Act No. 19
14 September 2020 18 September 2020 2020 Act No. 35
01 October 2020 01 October 2020

provs exp 30 September 2020

02 October 2020 09 October 2020 2020 Act No. 34
01 March 2021 26 February 2021 2020 Act No. 34
01 July 2021 02 September 2021 2020 Act No. 33
09 September 2021 09 September 2021 2021 Act No. 16
28 February 2022 28 February 2022 2021 Act No. 20

RA s 44

15 September 2022 15 September 2022 2022 Act No. 20
03 November 2022 09 November 2022 2022 Act No. 27
01 March 2023 06 March 2023 2022 Act No. 34
01 February 2024 30 May 2024 2023 Act No. 23
03 June 2024 04 June 2024 2024 Act No. 18
01 July 2024 04 July 2024 2024 Act No. 22
02 August 2024 02 August 2024 2024 Act No. 23
23 August 2024 26 August 2024 2024 Act No. 40

RA s 26

04 November 2024 04 November 2024 2022 Act No. 27

Industrial Relations Act 2016 No. 63

date of assent 09 December 2016

ss 12, ch 19 pt 8 (other than ss 11181124, 1126–1128, 1151, 1152 (to the extent it ins new s 289) comm on date of assent (see s 2(1))

ch 1 pt 1 hdgs, ss 35, pts 2–3, chs 2–18, ch 19 pts 1–7, ss 11181124, 1126–1128, 1151, 1152 (to the extent it ins new s 289), ch 19 pts 9–10, schs 1–6 comm 1 March 2017 (2017 SL No. 24)

Industrial Relations Act 2016 No. 63

date of assent 09 December 2016

ch 1 pt 1 hdgs, ss 3–5, pts 2–3, chs 2–18, ch 19 pts 1–7, ss 1118–1124, 1126–1128, 1151, 152 (to the extent it ins new s 289), ch 19 pts 9–10, schs 1–6 comm 1 March 2017 (2017 SL No. 24)

Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation (Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 27

date of assent 31 August 2017

comm on date of assent

Human Rights Act 2019 No. 5

date of assent 07 March 2019

ss 3, 6, pt 4 div 1 (other than s 61(a),(c), (g), (i)), ss 104105, pt 6 (other than s 108), pt 7 (other than div 1, ss 113, 126, div 7, ss 160, 168, divs 22–23), sch 1 comm 1 July 2019 (2019 SL No. 97)

Holidays and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 37

date of assent 05 December 2019

comm on date of assent

Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2020 No. 19

date of assent 22 June 2020

pt 13 div 4 comm on date of assent

Public Service and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 35

date of assent 14 September 2020

pt 2 comm on date of assent

Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Act 2020 No. 34

date of assent 14 September 2020

pt 3 (other than ss 8, 9–15) comm 2 October 2020 (2020 SL No. 251 item 1)

ss 8, 9–15 comm 1 March 2021 (2020 SL No. 251 item 2)

Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 No. 33

date of assent 14 September 2020

pt 13 div 9 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)

Public Health and Other Legislation (Further Extension of Expiring Provisions) Amendment Act 2021 No. 16

date of assent 09 September 2021

pt 9C comm on date of assent

Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Administration) Amendment Act 2021 No. 20

date of assent 28 October 2021

s 59 sch 1 comm 28 February 2022 (2022 SL No. 11)

Holidays and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 20

date of assent 15 September 2022

pt 3 comm on date of assent

Industrial Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 27

date of assent 03 November 2022

pt 2 divs 1–2, sch 1 comm on date of assent

pt 2 div 3 comm 4 November 2024 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2) (2023 SL No. 143 s 2))

Public Sector Act 2022 No. 34

date of assent 12 December 2022

s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)

Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23

date of assent 20 September 2023

s 247 sch 1 s 1 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)

Emergency Services Reform Amendment Act 2024 No. 18

date of assent 03 May 2024

s 39 sch 1 comm 3 June 2024 (2024 SL No. 57)

Disaster Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 22

date of assent 09 May 2024

s 92 sch 1 comm 1 July 2024 (2024 SL No. 69)

Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 23

date of assent 09 May 2024

s 36 sch 1 comm 2 August 2024 (2024 SL No. 135 item 1)

Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 40

date of assent 23 August 2024

pt 2 (other than s 15A(2)) comm on date of assent

s 15A(2) comm 24 August 2029 (see s 2(1))

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Industrial Relations Bill 2016