Date commenced:
23 August 2018
Status:
Summary
The collective bargaining class exemption made by the ACCC became available for businesses to use on 3 June 2021. Details about the collective bargaining class exemption, including how it operates and a register of businesses who are using the class exemption, are available on the ACCC’s webpage for the class exemption.
The documents below provide details of the process the ACCC undertook in developing the class exemption.
As the collective bargaining class exemption has now been finalised, this page is no longer active and will not be updated.
Initial public consultation
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| ACCC Discussion Paper - Collective Bargaining Class Exemption ( PDF 367.03 KB ) | 23 Aug 2018 |
Consultation on draft legislative instrument
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Draft collective bargaining class exemption notice ( PDF 218.45 KB ) | 6 Jun 2019 | |
| Draft guidance note ( PDF 432.6 KB ) | 6 Jun 2019 | |
| Draft legislative instrument ( PDF 499.06 KB ) | 6 Jun 2019 |
Legislative instrument
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative instrument ( PDF 522.16 KB ) | 19 Oct 2020 | |
| Explanatory statement ( PDF 1.04 MB ) | 19 Oct 2020 |
ACCC correspondence
| Document title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Collective bargaining class exemption update ( PDF 319.89 KB ) | 19 Dec 2018 |