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Overview of this Act (1) This Act is about workplace relations. It: (a) provides for terms and conditions of employment (Chapter 2); and (b) sets out rights and responsibilities of employees, employers and organisations in relation to that employment (Chapter 3); and (ba) provides for minimum terms and conditions for regulated workers (Chapter 3A); and (bb) sets out measures to deal with unfair terms of services contracts (Chapter 3A); and (bc) provides for minimum terms and conditions for persons in a road transport contractual chain (Chapter 3B); and (c) provides for compliance with, and enforcement of, this Act (Chapter 4); and (d) provides for the administration of this Act by establishing the Fair Work Commission and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (Chapter 5); and (e) deals with other matters relating to the above (Chapter 6). Overview of the rest of this Chapter (2) The rest of this Chapter deals with: (a) definitions that are used in this Act (Part 1‑2); and (b) the application of this Act (Part 1‑3), including how this Act interacts with certain State and Territory laws and its geographical application; (c) certain matters relating to the road transport industry (Part 1‑4). Definitions (3) Many of the terms in this Act are defined. The Dictionary in section 12 contains a list of every term that is defined in this Act. Application, saving and transitional provisions for amendments (4) Schedule 1 contains application, saving and transitional provisions relating to amendments of this Act.
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