Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 6 April 2004 | Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 138 of 2004), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1 amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 35 | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(a) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1)(a) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(b) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1)(b) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(c) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1)(c) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(d) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(1)(d) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(e) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(2)(c) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(f) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(2)(i) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(g) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(2)(ii) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(h) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 8(5) inserted | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 36(i) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9 (other than section subsections (5), (10)) repealed | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), (7), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 item 18 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9(1) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 37 | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 9(5) substituted | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), Sch. 7 Pt. 1 item 19 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 10 substituted | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), Sch. 7 Pt. 1 item 19 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Ss. 11-13 repealed | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), (7), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 item 18 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 13(1)(b) amended | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 27 of 2015), ss. 1(5), 38 | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
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| None |