Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Amendment Bill 2017

Type: Government
Portfolio: Employment
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 45

Summary

Amends the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 to: bring forward to the end of 31 August 2017 the expiry of the exemption from any relevant enterprise agreement content rules for building industry participants covered by non-code compliant enterprise agreements made before 2 December 2016; and limit the scope of the exemption to enable such participants to submit expressions of interest or tenders for, but not to be awarded, building work funded by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth Authority.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	08 Feb 2017
Second reading moved	08 Feb 2017
Second reading debate	14 Feb 2017
Second reading agreed to	14 Feb 2017
Third reading agreed to	14 Feb 2017

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	15 Feb 2017
Second reading moved	15 Feb 2017
Second reading debate	15 Feb 2017
Second reading agreed to	15 Feb 2017
Committee of the Whole debate	15 Feb 2017
Third reading agreed to	15 Feb 2017


Finally passed both Houses	15 Feb 2017
Assent Act no: 1 Year: 2017	16 Feb 2017

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Senate

Opposition [sheet 8070]
CAMERON, Sen Doug

Opposition [sheet 8058]
CAMERON, Sen Doug

Opposition [sheet 8057]
CAMERON, Sen Doug

Schedules of amendments

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Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (09/02/2017): Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Committee report (15/02/2017)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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