Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. )

Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 216

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

Dated 19 July 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on 20 July 2007.

3 Amendment of Workplace Relations Regulations 2006

Schedule 1 amends the Workplace Relations Regulations 2006.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Chapter 2, Part 5, after Division 3

insert

Division 3A Workplace Relations Fact Sheet

5.4 Manner of providing Workplace Relations Fact Sheet

(1) For subsection 154A (3) of the Act, each of the following is a manner of providing a copy of the Workplace Relations Fact Sheet to an employee:

(a) giving the copy to the employee personally;

(b) sending the copy by pre‑paid post to:

(i) the employee’s residential address; or

(ii) a postal address nominated by the employee;

(i) the employee’s email address at work; or

(ii) another email address nominated by the employee;

(d) sending to the employee’s email address at work (or another email address nominated by the employee):

(i) an electronic link to the page of the Workplace Authority’s website on which the Workplace Relations Fact Sheet is located; or

(ii) an electronic link that takes the employee directly to the copy of the Workplace Relations Fact Sheet on the employer’s intranet;

(e) sending the copy by facsimile to:

(i) the employee’s facsimile number at work; or

(ii) the employee’s facsimile number at home; or

(iii) another facsimile number nominated by the employee.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not prevent an employer from using another manner of providing the copy to an employee.