Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORKPLACE RELATIONS REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 2.9.23

                An authorised independent adviser may exercise the following powers and perform the following duties:

                (a)    being present at the conduct of any part of a protected action ballot (including the scrutiny of the roll of voters);

               (b)    receiving complaints about irregularities from the applicant or applicants, an employee or the employer;

                (c)    requesting information held by the authorised ballot agent in relation to the ballot, including information provided to the authorised ballot agent under section 486 of the Act;

               (d)    making a lawful recommendation with which the authorised ballot agent must comply;

                (e)    setting out in his or her report under subsection 477 (4) of the Act whether the ballot agent complied with a recommendation under paragraph (d).