Second Reading Speeches

Workplace Relations Amendment (Codifying Contempt Offences) Bill 2004

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  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Codifying Contempt Offences) Bill 2003
Type
Government
Portfolio
Employment and Workplace Relations
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Workplace Relations Act 1996
to: codify offences that amount to contempt of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; create a new offence prohibiting the giving of false evidence to the Commission; update certain penalties; and insert legislative notes after certain provisions.

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