INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 60 Particular rights of intervention of Minister

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 60

60. (1) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by giving written
notice to the Registrar of the Court, intervene in the public interest in a
proceeding before the Court in a matter arising under this Act.

(2) Where the Minister intervenes in a proceeding before the Court, the Court
may, in spite of section 347, make an order as to costs against the
Commonwealth.

(3) Where the Minister intervenes in a proceeding before the Court, then, for
the purposes of the institution and prosecution of an appeal from a judgment
given in the proceeding, the Minister shall be taken to be a party to the
proceeding.

(4) Where, under subsection (3), the Minister institutes an appeal from a
judgment, a court hearing the appeal may, in spite of section 347, make an
order as to costs against the Commonwealth.