Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00001:clause:1_245apa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00001
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 245APA
Character Range: 55046–56274

245APA  Effect of this Subdivision on the validity of certain contracts is to be disregarded
 (1) For the purposes of a relevant workplace law, any effect of this Subdivision on the validity of a contract of service, or the validity of a contract for services, is to be disregarded.
 (2) In this section:
relevant workplace law means:
 (a) another law of the Commonwealth (other than the Fair Work Act 2009) that regulates the relationships between the parties to a contract of service, or a contract for services, in relation to the performance of work; or
 (b) a law of a State or Territory that regulates the relationships between the parties to a contract of service, or a contract for services, in relation to the performance of work;
and includes a law dealing with occupational health and safety matters and a law dealing with workers' compensation.
Note: Section 40B of the Fair Work Act 2009 also provides that for the purposes of that Act, any effect of this Act, or an instrument made under this Act, on the validity of a contract of employment, or a contract for services, is to be disregarded.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 22 June 2023
Senate on 12 September 2023]
(89/23)