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Fair Work Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 2)

FRLI ID: F2012L01708
Introduced into the House of Representatives and the Senate on 21 August 2012
Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations

Committee view

2.1        The committee considers that this regulation is compatible with human rights.

2.2        The committee however notes that the statement of compatibility claims that the regulation does not engage human rights as defined in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011. The committee seeks clarification from the Minister whether the regulation could be said to promote the right to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work contained in article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Purpose of the instrument

2.3        The purpose of the instrument is to amend the Fair Work Regulations 2009 consequential on the commencement of the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 and associated regulations and the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2012. The effect of the regulation is to ensure that the Fair Work Act 2009 continues to apply to certain ships engaged in coastal trading in Australia's territorial sea, in the EEZ and in the waters above the continental shelf.

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