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Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012

No. 159, 2012

Compilation No. 5

Compilation date: 21 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 14, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 21 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objects of this Act
4 Simplified outline of this Act
5 Definitions
6 Kinds of employment entitlements
7 Wages
8 This Act binds the Crown
9 Extraterritorial operation
9A Rules may modify application of this Act in Norfolk Island
Part 2—Eligibility for advance
Division 1—Conditions of eligibility for advance
Subdivision A—Basic conditions of eligibility
10 Conditions of eligibility for advance
Subdivision B—Exclusions from eligibility
11 Exclusion for personal connection with employer
12 Exclusion for being newly employed after working as contractor
13 Exclusion for employment by certain employers
Division 2—Claim for eligibility for advance
14 Making an effective claim
15 Secretary must decide effective claim
Part 3—Amount of advance
Division 1—Working out the amount of an advance
16 General rule for working out the amount of an advance
17 Reduction for the person's debts to the employer
18 Nil amount if liquidator or bankruptcy trustee can fully pay entitlements soon
Division 2—Amounts for employment entitlements
Subdivision A—Working out