Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 48

48. (1) The President, after consultation with members of the Commission, may,
by signed instrument, make rules, not inconsistent with this Act, with respect
to:

   (a)  the practice and procedure to be followed in the Commission; or

   (b)  the conduct of business in the Commission; and, in particular:

   (c)  the manner in which, and the time within which, applications,
        submissions and objections may be made to the Commission; and

   (d)  the manner in which applications, submissions and objections may be
        dealt with by the Commission.

(2) A Rule of the Commission:

   (a)  is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the
        Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and

   (b)  is a statutory rule within the meaning of the Statutory Rules
        Publication Act 1903.

(3) Until Rules of the Commission have been made under this section with
respect to the practice and procedure of the Commission, the regulations may
make provision with respect to the matter.

(4) If Rules of the Commission have not been made under this section with
respect to the practice and procedure of the Commission, and the regulations
do not make provision with respect to the matter, the regulations made under
the previous Act (as in force immediately before the commencement of this
section) apply, so far as practicable and with all necessary modifications,
with respect to the practice and procedure of the Commission in the same
manner as they applied immediately before that commencement to the practice
and procedure of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.