Section 768BYFair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Modification of the Transitional Act for copied State instruments

(1) Each relevant transitional provision (see subsection (2)) has effect in relation to a transferring employee as if a reference to a term referred to in column 1 were a reference to the term referred to in column 2. The provision has effect from the time specified in column 3 of the table in subsection (2).

Modification of the Transitional Act and regulations for copied State instruments

Item

Column 1

Current term

Column 2

New term

1

Division 2B State instrument

copied State instrument for the transferring employee

2

Division 2B State award

copied State award for the transferring employee

3

Division 2B State award applying (within the meaning of the Transitional Act) to a person

copied State award for the transferring employee applying (within the meaning of this Act) to a person

4

Division 2B State award covering (within the meaning of the Transitional Act) a person

copied State award for the transferring employee covering (within the meaning of this Act) a person

5

Division 2B State employment agreement

copied State employment agreement for the transferring employee

6

collective Division 2B State employment agreement

copied State collective employment agreement for the transferring employee

7

individual Division 2B State employment agreement

copied State individual employment agreement for the transferring employee

8

Division 2B State employment agreement applying (within the meaning of the Transitional Act) to a person

copied State employment agreement for the transferring employee applying (within the meaning of this Act) to a person

9

Division 2B State employment agreement covering (within the meaning of the Transitional Act) a person

copied State employment agreement for the transferring employee covering (within the meaning of this Act) a person

10

nominal expiry date of a Division 2B State employment agreement

nominal expiry date of a copied State employment agreement for the transferring employee

11

Division 2B referral commencement

transferring employee’s termination time

12

Division 2B State reference employee

transferring employee

13

Division 2B referring State

the State of the old State employer

14

source State

the State of the old State employer

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the relevant transitional provisions are:

(a) the provisions of the Transitional Act that are listed in column 1; and

(b) the regulations made for the purposes of those provisions.

Modification of the Transitional Act and regulations for copied State instruments

Item

Column 1

Relevant transitional provision

Column 2

Which is about

Column 3

Relevant time

1

item 10 of Schedule 3A

instrument content rules

the transferring employee’s termination time

2

item 11 of Schedule 3A

instrument interaction rules

the transferring employee’s termination time

3

item 13 (other than note 1 and note 2) of Schedule 3A

references to State industrial bodies

the transferring employee’s termination time

4

item 17 of Schedule 3A

no loss of accrued rights etc. when instrument terminates

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

5

item 20 of Schedule 3A

variation of discriminatory instruments

the transferring employee’s termination time

6

item 22 of Schedule 3A

collective agreements–termination by agreement

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

7

item 23 of Schedule 3A

collective agreements–termination by the FWC

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

8

item 24 of Schedule 3A

individual agreements–termination by agreement

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

9

item 25 of Schedule 3A

individual agreements–termination conditional on enterprise agreement

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

10

item 26 of Schedule 3A

individual agreements–unilateral termination by the FWC

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

11

item 47 of Schedule 3A

employee not award/agreement free

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

12

item 48 of Schedule 3A

calculating an employee’s ordinary hours of work

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

13

items 19, 20 and 21 of Schedule 4

interaction with the NES

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

14

Part 5 of Schedule 9

base rates of pay

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

15

Division 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 11

transfer of business

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

16

item 4 of Schedule 12

general protections

the transferring employee’s termination time

17

items 2, 3, 4 and 17 of Schedule 13

industrial action

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

18

item 4B of Schedule 16 (as that item relates to subitems 25(6) and (7) of Schedule 3A) and item 16 of Schedule 16 (as that item relates to item 4B of Schedule 16)

compliance relating to conditional terminations of individual employment agreements

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

19

items 12 and 13 of Schedule 16 and item 16 of Schedule 16 (as that item relates to those items)

compliance relating to non‑disclosure obligations

the transferring employee’s re‑employment time

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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