What the official record says
This Act is the Fair Pay Agreements Act . come into force on the day after the date of Royal assent. comes into force on . The rest of this Act comes into force . The purpose of this Act is to enable employment terms to be improved for employees by providing— a framework for bargaining for fair pay agreements that specify industry or occupation-wide minimum employment terms; or in certain circumstances, for the Authority to determine those minimum employment terms. This Act is divided into 13 Parts, and has 4 schedules. This Part contains preliminary provisions, including the purpose of the Act, definitions of terms used in the Act, and a prohibition against contracting out of the Act. contains general principles and obligations that apply throughout the Act. They include principles of fre