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This Act may be cited as the Australian Civilian Corps Act 2011.
Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 12 April 2011 |
2. Sections 3 to 31 | The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 10 May 2011 |
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
The objects of this Act are:
to establish the Australian Civilian Corps; and
to provide a legal framework for the effective and fair employment and management of Australian Civilian Corps employees.
The following is a simplified outline of this Act:
• This Act establishes the Australian Civilian Corps.
• The Australian Civilian Corps consists of persons engaged under this Act as Australian Civilian Corps employees.
• The Secretary of the Department is to manage the Australian Civilian Corps.
• Australian Civilian Corps employees will perform duties overseas.
In this Act:
Australian Civilian Corps Code of Conduct means the Australian Civilian Corps Code of Conduct prescribed under subsection 15(1).
Australian Civilian Corps employee means a person engaged under section 19.
Australian Civilian Corps Values means the Australian Civilian Corps Values prescribed under section 12.
enterprise agreement has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
fair work instrument has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
overseas means outside Australia and the Territories.
Presiding Officer means:
the President of the Senate; or
the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
WR Act collective transitional instrument means an award, a collective agreement or a pre‑reform certified agreement (within the meaning of those terms in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009).
This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.
However, this Act does not make the Crown liable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for an offence.
This Act extends to every external Territory.
This Act extends to acts, omissions, matters and things overseas.
This Act has effect subject to the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
Subsection (1) is not intended to imply anything about the relationship between this Act and any Act other than the Fair Work Act 2009 or the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
The Australian Civilian Corps consists of Australian Civilian Corps employees.
The Secretary is responsible for the management of the Australian Civilian Corps.
The regulations may prescribe the Australian Civilian Corps Values.