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Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Act 2017 (No. 42, 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-05-19 | AUS-2017-L-105252

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Occupational Licensing National Law (South Australia) Repeal Act 2016. -

Adoption: 2016-05-11 | AUS-2016-L-102380

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Jobs Queensland Act 2015 (Act No. 23 of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-11-06 | AUS-2015-L-102355

An Act to establish Jobs Queensland to give advice to the State on skills needs, workforce development and planning and the apprenticeship and traineeship system in Queensland.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Occupational Licensing National Law Repeal Act 2015 No 49. -

Adoption: 2015-11-05 | AUS-2015-L-102313

An Act to repeal the Occupational Licensing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2010; and to enact savings and transitional provisions consequent on that repeal.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Jobs for NSW Act 2015 No 25. -

Adoption: 2015-09-28 | AUS-2015-L-102312

An Act with respect to providing incentives for economic development and job creation; to establish Jobs for NSW and the Jobs for NSW Fund; and for other purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act 2015 (No. 23, 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-09-10 | AUS-2015-L-102292

Part 1 - Preliminary
Part 2 - Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Part 3 - Advocating for small businesses and family enterprises Part Part 4 - Assisting a small business or family enterprise
Part 5 - General requirements

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Private Employment Agents (Code of Conduct) Regulation 2015, SL No. 93. -

Adoption: 2015-08-21 | AUS-2015-R-105371

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Small Business Grants (Employment Incentive) Act 2015 No 14. -

Adoption: 2015-06-29 | Date of end of application: 2023-07-01 | AUS-2015-L-102314

An Act to establish a small business grants scheme to assist in the creation of new jobs.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Act 2014 (No. 131, 2014$9. -

Adoption: 2014-12 | AUS-2014-L-98606

An Act to amend the law relating to social security, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Inclusion Act 2014 No 41. -

Adoption: 2014-08-26 | AUS-2014-L-97935

An Act relating to the accessibility of mainstream services and facilities, the promotion of community inclusion and the provision of funding, support and services for people with disability; and for other purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Act 2014 (No. 76, 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-06-30 | AUS-2014-L-98604

An Act to repeal the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Act 2008, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Act 2013 (No. 121, 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-06-29 | AUS-2013-L-95487

An Act to amend the law relating to social security, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Australian Jobs Act 2013 (No. 69, 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-06-27 | AUS-2013-L-95483

An Act about Australian industry participation plans for major projects, and for other purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

DisabilityCare Australia Fund Act 2013 (No. 37, 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-05-30 | AUS-2013-L-95481

An Act to establish the DisabilityCare Australia Fund, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (No. 20, 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-03-28 | AUS-2013-L-95403

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction
Part 1. Preliminary
Part 2. Objects and principles
Part 3. Simplified outline
Part 4. Definitions
Part 5. Ministerial Council
CHAPTER 2 - Assistance for people with disability and others CHAPTER 3 - Participants and their plans
CHAPTER 4 - Administration
CHAPTER 5 - Compensation payments
CHAPTER 6 - National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency
CHAPTER 7 - Other matters
Schedule 1 - Transitional provisions for staff of the Agency

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Act 2012 (Act No. 144 of 2012). -

Adoption: 2012-10-26 | AUS-2012-L-91790

Contents
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Schedule(s)

Schedule 1 - Parenting payment transitional arrangements
Social Security Act 1991
Schedule 2 - Liquid assets waiting period
Social Security Act 1991
Schedule 3 - Termination payments
Social Security Act 1991

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 2011 (No. 27 of 2011). -

Adoption: 2011-09-21 | AUS-2011-L-105396

An Act relating to the funding of the provision of specialist disability services, and other goods or services, in relation to persons with disability, the regulation of the use of restrictive interventions in relation to such persons, the repeal of the Disability Services Act 1992 , the consequential amendment of certain legislation, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Incentive Scheme (Payroll Tax Rebate) Act 2009 (No. 36 of 2009). -

Adoption: 2009-07-21 | AUS-2009-L-105392

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009 (No. 60 of 2009). -

Adoption: 2009-06-29 | AUS-2009-L-82506

Amends the laws relating to social security, veterans' affairs, family assistance and aged care.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Act 2006 (No. 163, 2006). -

Adoption: 2006-12-11 | AUS-2006-L-75097

Amends the Workplace Relations Act 1996 with respect to the misrepresentation of an employment relationship as an independent contracting arrangement (inserts a new Part 22 into Act), protection of redundancy entitlements, stand downs, and the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 2006. -

Adoption: 2006 | AUS-2006-L-97952

An Act to protect and promote the rights of people with a disability, and for other purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Private Employment Agents Act 2005 No. 15. -

Adoption: 2005-04-22 | AUS-2005-L-97975

An Act about private employment agents.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Discrimination Amendment (Education Standards) Act, 2005 (Act No. 19 of 2005) -

Adoption: 2005-03-01 | AUS-2005-L-70157

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Services Regulations 2004. -

Adoption: 2004-12-14 | AUS-2004-R-105609

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Age Discrimination Act 2004 (No. 68, 2004). -

Adoption: 2004 | AUS-2004-L-88588

Part 1 - Preliminary
Part 2 - Application and constitutional provisions
Part 3 - Concept of age discrimination
Part 4 - Unlawful age discrimination
Division 1 - Simplified outline
Division 2 - Discrimination in work
Division 3 - Discrimination in other areas
Division 4 - General exemptions
Division 5 - Exemptions granted by Commission
Part 5 - Offences
Division 1 - General rules relating to offences
Division 2 - Specific offences
Part 6 - Functions of the Australian Human Rights
Commission
Part 6A - Age Discrimination Commissioner
Part 7 - Miscellaneous

Schedule 1 - Laws for which an exemption is provided by
subsection 39(1)
Schedule 2 - Provisions of laws for which an exemption is
provided by subsection 39(1A)

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 2003 (No. 76 of 2003). -

Adoption: 2003-10-21 | AUS-2003-L-67486

Amends Mental Health Act 1986. Divided into 4 parts. Part 1 (s. 1-3) contains preliminary provisions. Part 2 (s. 4-28) contains amendments relating to involuntary patients. Part 2 (s. 29-37) deals with confidentiality and some related matters. Part 4 (s. 38) amends Coroners Act 1985.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Regulations 2002 (No. 56).

Adoption: 2002-03-27 | AUS-2002-R-61140

Made under Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. Regulates calculation of compensation under Subsection 8(9B) of the Act. Also deals with approved rehabilitation program providers, application for grant of licence, suspension and revocation of licences, as well as some related matters.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services (Amendment) Act, 2000 (No. 19 of 2000).

Adoption: 2000-05-16 | AUS-2000-L-58437

Amends Disability Services Act 1991 and Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services Act 1986. Makes provisions for functions of community visitors with respect to residential service providers, visits of residential service providers, powers of inspection, requests to see a panel of community visitors, records of visits, and some related matters.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management) Amendment Regulation 1999 (No. 646 of 1999).

Adoption: 2000-01-01 | Date of entry into force: 2000-01-01 | AUS-2000-R-58986

Amends Workers Compensation (Workplace Inquiry Management) Regulation 1995 with regard to employment as return-to-work coordinators.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Services Amendment (Designated Service) Regulation 1999 (No. 3 of 1999).

Adoption: 1999-01-08 | AUS-1999-R-60477

Made under the Disability Services Act 1993. Excludes services that are co-funded by the Commonwealth under the Home and Community Act 1985 of the Commonwealth, and are provided or funded otherwise than through the Home Care Service, from the definition of designated service in Section 4 of the Disability Services Act 1993.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5--Housing for Older People or People with Disability (No. 9 of 1998).

Adoption: 1998-01-02 | AUS-1998-M-59655

Made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Sets forth policy programme aimed at increasing the supply and diversity of housing that meets the needs of older people or people with a disability.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Disability Discrimination Regulations (S.R. No. 27 of 1996). -

Adoption: 1996-01-29 | AUS-1996-R-44079

Defines "combat duties" for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Amendment (Residents' Amenities Accounts) Act 1995 (No. 24 of 1995).

Adoption: 1995-06-19 | Date of entry into force: 1995-06-19 | AUS-1995-L-44555

Amends Disability Services Act 1993 to provide for the use of money in certain residents' amenities accounts established for residents of Government residential centres.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 3) 1994 (JM301 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-06-20 | AUS-1994-R-37687

Provides for definitions of "person under disability" and "represented person" and amends the provisions on representation by guardian or representative of such a person in proceedings. Made under the Supreme Court Act 1935.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 1993 (No. 36 of 1993). -

Adoption: 1993-12-16 | AUS-1993-L-51015

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Intellectually Disabled Citizens Amendment Act 1993 (No. 55 of 1993)

Adoption: 1993-10-25 | AUS-1993-L-35204

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Agents Registration Act 1993 (No. 69 of 1993). -

Adoption: 1993-09-09 | AUS-1993-L-75194

Part 1 - Preliminary
Part 2 - Licensing scheme
Part 3 - Provisions applying to employment agents (includes responsibilites to workers, employers and records to be kept)
Part 4 - Miscellaneous

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 1993 (Act No. 31, 1993). -

Adoption: 1993-07-09 | AUS-1993-L-93252

An Act about providing services for people with a disability, and for related purposes.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 1993 (No. 18 of 1993). -

Adoption: 1993-04-08 | AUS-1993-L-75191

Act provides for the funding and provision of disability services based on the principles set out in Schedule 1 of the Act. Schedule 2 sets out the objectives of the Act which include "Disability services are to be designed and administered so as...to achieve positive outcomes for persons with disabilities, such as...increased education, training and employment opportunities."

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992 (No. 88 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-06-30 | AUS-1992-L-31231

Amends the Disability Services Act 1986, the First Home Owners Act 1983, the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Hearing Services Act 1991, the National Health Act 1953, and the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 in respect of health, housing and community services.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations 1992 (No. 135 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-06-25 | Date of entry into force: 1992-07-01 | AUS-1992-R-30070

These Regulations made pursuant to the Industral Relations Act (S.A.) 1972 amend the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations 1990 by inserting a regulation in respect of awards relating to disabled workers.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (No. 135 of 1992). -

Adoption: 1992-05-26 | AUS-1992-L-31930

The objects of this Act are to eliminate discrimination against persons on the grounds of disability in areas of work, accomodation, education, access to premises, clubs and sport, and the provision of goods, facilities, services and land. The intention is also to prohibit discrimination under existing laws and the administration of Commonwealth laws and programmes, to ensure that persons with disabilities have the same rights to equality before the law as the rest of the community, and to promote the recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as the rest of the community. Part 2 concerns the prohibition of disability discrimination; Part 3 provides for "action plans" to eliminate such discrimination; Part 4 deals with inquiries and civil proceedings; Part 5 specifies additional offences under the Act; and Part 6 provides for the appointment of a disability discrimination commissioner.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 1992 (No. 8 of 1992). -

Adoption: 1992-05-26 | AUS-1992-L-81993

Regulates the provision of services to persons with disabilities. Includes in the Objectives (Schedule I) that one of the objectives of services for disabled persons is to "achieve a better quality of life including increased independence, employment opportunities and integration in the community".

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Industrial Relations (Declared Organizations) Amendment Act 1992 (No. 15 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-04-23 | AUS-1992-L-30059

This Act provides for non-application of awards to or in relation to work performed by a person with a disability who is being assisted or trained in or by an organization or body that provides employment services to disabled workers.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Disability Services Act 1991 (A1991-98). -

Adoption: 1991 | AUS-1991-L-97931

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Intellectually Disabled Person's Services (Amendment) Act 1989. No. 60.

Adoption: 1989-09-12 | AUS-1989-L-9464

The purposes of this Act, inter alia, are to allow funding to municipalities for provision of services to intellectually disabled persons and to clarify the powers of a court when sentencing an intellectually disabled offender.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Intellectually Handicapped Citizens Act Amendment Act 1989. No. 33.

Adoption: 1989-04-28 | AUS-1989-L-8162

An Act to amend the Intellectually Handicapped Citizens Act 1985-1988 and the Public Trustee Act 1978-1988 in various respects including substitution of "handicapped" by "disabled".

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment, Education and Training Act. No. 80.

Adoption: 1988-06-24 | AUS-1988-L-6799

This Act provides, inter alia, for the establishment of the National Board of Employment, Education and Training, the Employment and Skills Formation Council and the Commonwealth/State Consultative Council. Their functions are chiefly to inquire into, and provide information and advice with respect to, matters in relation to employment, technical and further education, and training. Grants are available for innovative or curricular projects (s. 52). The Act also provides for a Commonwealth Employment Service, which is to advise the Council and the National Director of the Commonwealth Employment Service on the operation of that Service. The Commonwealth Employment Service Act 1978 (LS 1978 - Aust. 1) is among the Acts repealed (s. 68). Consequential amendments to other Acts and Regulations are set forth in Schedules 2 and 3. Entry into force on a date set by proclamation.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1988. No. 79.

Adoption: 1988-06-24 | AUS-1988-L-7080

Various amendments to the Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Act 1954 and the National Health Act 1953 in particular.

Australia - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Statutory Rules 1988. No. 88.

Adoption: 1988-05-30 | AUS-1988-R-9075

This proclamation fixes 1988-06-15 as the relevant date in lieu of the date referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of the "relevant date" in s.3(1) of the Employment Incentive Assistance Act 1984.