Independent Contractors Act 2006

A reform opt‑in agreement is an agreement in writing, signed by the parties to the agreement, to one or more of the following effects:

that the parties no longer want the State or Territory contractor laws to apply to a specified services contract, or to any related continuation contracts in relation to the specified contract, that the parties have entered into or may enter into;

that the parties no longer want the State or Territory contractor laws to apply to any services contracts of a specified class, or to any related continuation contracts in relation to any contracts in the specified class, that the parties have entered into or may enter into;

that the parties no longer want the State or Territory contractor laws to apply to any services contracts that they have entered into or may enter into.

The agreement must relate to the whole body of the State or Territory contractor laws (rather than just to some of those laws).

A reform opt‑in agreement’s date of effect is:

the date on which the agreement is entered into; or

if a later date is specified in the agreement as its date of effect—that later date.

A reform opt‑in agreement covers a services contract if the agreement is to the effect that the parties to the agreement no longer want the State or Territory contractor laws to apply to the contract (whether the parties’ intent is expressed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c)).

A purported revocation or variation of a reform opt‑in agreement is of no effect for the purposes of this Division.