Note: This page was last updated on 7 October 2009.
The Australian Government Implementation Guidelines for the National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry (the Guidelines) state that businesses must be compliant at the time either an Expression of Interest or a tender for Australian Government funded construction activity is lodged.
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CHANGES TO ASSESSMENTS FROM 7 OCTOBER 2009
A new set of Guidelines came into effect on 1 August 2009, which apply to all projects that were the subject to an expression of interest or tender let for the first time on or after 1 August 2009.
If you are unsure which version of the Guidelines applies to a project, contact the head contractor or funding agency. |
The National Code Assessment Online Registration tool enables building industry participants tendering for Australian Government funded construction work to lodge their industrial instruments for assessment against the requirements of the Guidelines.
Please read the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS and ASSESSMENT INFORMATION pages prior to commencing your assessment.
NOTE: unregistered agreements, (other than common law agreements made between an employer and an individual employee) draft agreements, and side deeds, are inconsistent with the 2009 Guidelines, and will not be assessed for compliance with the 2009 Guidelines.
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2006 GUIDELINES AND FAIR WORK ACT AGREEMENTS
To ensure that all parties are able to take full advantage of the benefits provided by the good faith bargaining provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act), when assessing FW Act agreements against the 2006 Guidelines, DEEWR will give primacy to Section 8.1.1 of those Guidelines (or the comparable clauses of other versions of the Guidelines).
Section 8.1.1 requires compliance with, amongst other things, relevant legislation and industrial instruments. This will mean that any registered FW Act agreement will be deemed compliant with all versions of the Guidelines.
NOTE: Parties will continue to have to comply with their FW Act agreement and with those elements of the 2006 Guidelines that do not conflict with their agreement, including in relation to their practical on-site application. |
READY TO LODGE ONLINE?
Complete the following checklist to ensure that you have all the information you need to lodge your assessment correctly.
NOTE: the online registration form cannot be saved, so you will need to complete the form in one sitting.
1. Do you have the registration number of your collective agreement?
If you have a collective agreement you will need this in order to obtain an assessment. You would have received this number when your agreement was registered with Fair Work Australia, the Workplace Authority or Federal/State Industrial Relations Commission.
If your business has other industrial instruments in place, i.e. Awards and individual common law agreements, there is no requirement to provide a registration number. Please proceed through the checklist below.
DO YOU HAVE?
2. An electronic version of your industrial instrument/s (registered agreements, common law agreements etc)? Please note; You may not require an electronic version of any awards - a list of assessed awards is available in Section 5 of the on-line assessment form.
The compatible electronic formats accepted include PDF – Acrobat version 4 or later and Microsoft Word or RTF format – Word 97 or later.
3. Copies of your industrial instrument/s with:
(i) no track changes still active;
(ii) no watermarks or crests in the body of the document; and
(iii) they are of good quality?
4. Your contact information (address, phone number etc)?
5. Your Australian Business Number (ABN)?
DO YOU KNOW?
6. What version of the Guidelines applies to the project?
If you are unsure, contact the head contractor or funding agency.
7. Whether your business is bound by an Award?
If you are unsure, contact the Fair Work Infoline on 13 13 94.
8. The dates that any agreements (if applicable) were registered or lodged with Fair Work Australia, the Workplace Authority or Federal/State Industrial Relations Commission?
9. Have you read the Frequently Asked Questions, and Assessment Information pages?
It is recommended that you read this information prior to lodging to ensure you are requesting an assessment under the correct version of the Guidelines.
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Once you have answered the questions in the checklist, you are ready to:
Lodge Online.
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CAN’T LODGE ONLINE?
If you do not have the business’ industrial instruments in one of the compatible electronic formats, then you will need request for assessment in hard copy by contacting:
Please note that lodging your request for assessment in hard copy will take longer (approximately 28 days) than lodging online.