Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION RULES 1998

- made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Name of rules [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Seals of Commission  
   5.      Forms  
   6.      Relief from Rules  
   7.      Directions on manner and form of procedure  
   8.      Commission acting on own motion  
   9.      Assignment of industries and members  
   10.     Delegation by President  
   11.     Appeals to Full Bench  
   12.     References by Registrar  
   13.     Appeals from Registrar  
   14.     Notification of industrial dispute relating to log of claims  
   15.     Notification of other industrial disputes  
   16.     Notice of hearing of dispute  
   17.     Reference of disputes to Full Bench  
   18.     President dealing with proceedings  
   19.     Review on application by Minister  
   20.     Award by consent of parties  
   21.     Commission to cease dealing with industrial dispute in certain circumstances  
   22.     Application to set aside or vary awards  
   23.     Application for variation of award to give effect to agreement negotiated under enterprise flexibility provision  
   24.     Application for orders in relation to representation rights of organisations of employees  
   25.     Application for order to stop or prevent industrial action  
   26.     Restraining State industrial authorities  
   27.     Secret ballot  
   28.     Notification of boycott disputes  
   29.     Notice to bring action in tort  
   30.     Reference of dispute to State authority for determination  
   31.     Application for cancellation or suspension of award  
   32.     Register of Findings of Industrial Dispute  
   33.     Application for order requiring equal remuneration for work of equal value  
   34.     Application for employment termination order creating rules of general application  
   35.     Orders by Commission if employer fails to consult trade union about terminations  
   36.     Register of orders made under Part VIA of the Act — Minimum Entitlements of Employees  
   37.     Form of application under section 170CE of the Act  
   38.     Notice of employer’s appearance  
   39.     Notice of representative’s appearance  
   40.     Role of representative  
   41.     Notice of conciliation, arbitration or related proceeding  
   42.     Settlement by conciliation  
   43.     Discontinuance of matter  
   44.     Issue of certificate under section 170CF of the Act  
   45.     Election to proceed to arbitration or to begin court proceedings  
   46.     Reasons for decision  
   47.     Costs  
   47A.    Security for the payment of costs  
   48.     Application for certification of agreement between constitutional corporation, or the Commonwealth, and organisation of employees (section 170LJ of the Act)  
   48A.    Application for certification of a greenfields agreement between constitutional corporation, or the Commonwealth, and organisation of employees (section 170LL of the Act)  
   49.     Application for certification of agreement between constitutional corporation, or the Commonwealth, and employees (section 170LK of the Act)  
   49A.    Notice by an organisation of employees that it wants to be bound by an agreement  
   50.     Application for certification of agreement about industrial disputes and industrial situations (section 170LS of the Act)  
   51.     Application for certification of multiple-business agreement (section 170LC of the Act)  
   51A.    Application for an order about the extent to which successor employer is bound by certified agreement  
   52.     Extension of certified agreements  
   53.     Variation of certified agreement on application of employer or organisation  
   54.     Variation of certified agreement on application of person bound by the agreement  
   55.     Termination of certified agreement at any time  
   56.     Termination of certified agreement in public interest after nominal expiry date  
   57.     Termination of agreement in a way provided under agreement after nominal expiry date  
   58.     Notice of initiation of bargaining period  
   58A.    Notice of action to be taken  
   59.     Notice to Registrar of authorisation to engage in industrial action  
   60.     Application to suspend or terminate bargaining period  
   61.     Application for revocation of an award made under section 170MX of the Act  
   62.     Request for Commission to terminate award made under section 170MX  
   63.     Application for the Commission to determine designated award for the purposes of certified agreement  
   64.     Summons to witness  
   65.     Variation of common rules  
   66.     Notice to Commission under dispute settling procedure in agreement  
   66A.    Application to terminate an Australian Workplace Agreement  
   67.     Application to remove objectionable provision  
   68.     Application for minimum wage order for certain Victorian employees  
   68A.    Application for Supported Wage System — minimum wage order for certain Victorian employees  
   69.     Settlement of award or order  
   70.     Documents  
   70A.    Filing and lodging electronically  
   71.     Name and address of party  
   72.     Service of documents  
   73.     Directions as to service  
   74.     Requirement to fix time and place for hearing  
   74A.    Electronic signatures  
   75.     Referral of disagreement concerning manner of establishing or varying a designated work group  
   76.     Appeals to Commission  
   76A.    Referral of disagreement concerning manner of establishing or varying a designated work group  
   76B.    Appeals to Commission  
   77.     Approved forms  
   78.     Repeal of the Rules of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission  
   79.     Transitional provision  
           SCHEDULE 1 Forms