ROAD SAFETY REMUNERATION ACT 2012 (NO. 46, 2012) - SECT 19 Power to make a road safety remuneration order

ROAD SAFETY REMUNERATION ACT 2012 (NO. 46, 2012) - SECT 19

             (1)  The Tribunal may make a road safety remuneration order under this Part consistent with the object of this Act.

Note:          See section 27 for what the order may deal with.

Tribunal may make order on its own initiative

             (2)  The Tribunal may make the order on its own initiative if the order is in relation to a matter identified in its work program.

Tribunal may make order on application

             (3)  The Tribunal may make the order on application by any of the following whether or not the order is in relation to a matter identified in its work program:

                     (a)  a road transport driver;

                     (b)  an employer or hirer of a road transport driver;

                     (c)  a participant in the supply chain in relation to a road transport driver;

                     (d)  an organisation that is entitled to represent the interests of a road transport driver or employer to whom the order will apply;

                     (e)  an industrial association (other than an organisation) that is entitled to represent the interests of a road transport driver, employer or hirer of a road transport driver or participant in the supply chain in relation to a road transport driver, if:

                              (i)  the person or each person whose interests the industrial association claims to be representing by making the application has consented to the making of the application; and

                             (ii)  the Tribunal has permitted the application to be made.

             (4)  An application that relates to a matter not identified in the Tribunal's work program must relate to a matter that is capable of being included in the Tribunal's work program under subsection 18(2).

Tribunal may refuse to consider application

             (5)  The Tribunal may refuse to consider an application under subsection (3):

                     (a)  if the application relates to a matter not identified in the Tribunal's work program--because the Tribunal considers that it is not appropriate to deal with the matter at the time; or

                     (b)  for any other reason.

             (6)  The Tribunal must notify the applicant of any refusal by the Tribunal to consider an application.