Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 12 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS REGULATIONS - REG 7

7. For the purposes of subsections 42 (5) and 58 (4) of the Act, each of the
following persons is a prescribed person in relation to an employing
authority:

   (a)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 1 in Schedule 2 is the Minister
        administering the enactment by or under which the Commonwealth
        authority employing persons in that class was established-a person who
        is an officer or employee of that Commonwealth authority;

   (b)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 1 in Schedule 2 is the principal
        executive officer of the Commonwealth authority employing persons in
        that class-a person who is:

        (i)    an officer or employee of that Commonwealth authority; or

        (ii)   an officer of the Australian Public Service;

   (c)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 1 in Schedule 2 is the Minister of State
        for Industrial Relations-an officer of the Australian Public Service;

   (d)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 2 in Schedule 2 is the principal
        executive officer of the Commonwealth authority employing persons in
        that class-a person who is an officer or employee of that Commonwealth
        authority;

   (e)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 2 in Schedule 2 is the principal
        executive officer of the Commonwealth authority employing persons in
        that class and that Commonwealth authority consents to being
        represented by an officer of the Australian Public Service-a person
        who is an officer of the Australian Public Service;

   (f)  where the employing authority in relation to a class of persons
        specified in column 2 of item 2 in Schedule 2 is the Minister
        administering the enactment by or under which the Commonwealth
        authority employing persons in that class was established-an officer
        or employee of that Commonwealth authority;

   (g)  where:

        (i)    the employing authority in relation to a class of persons is a
               Minister of the Northern Territory and the persons included in
               that class are employed by a Northern Territory authority;

        (ii)   the employing authority is a Northern Territory authority
               (being a body corporate of the kind referred to in paragraph
               (a) of the definition of

"Northern Territory authority" in subsection 4 (1) of the Act); or

        (iii)  the employing authority is the principal executive officer of a
               Northern Territory authority (being a body corporate of the
               kind referred to
in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Northern Territory authority" in
subsection 4 (1) of the Act);
a person who is:

        (iv)   an officer or employee of the Northern Territory authority; or

        (v)    an officer or employee of the Public Service Commissioner for
               the Northern Territory;

   (h)  where:

        (i)    the employing authority in relation to a class of persons is a
               Minister of the Northern Territory and the persons included in
               that class are employed by the Northern Territory; or

        (ii)   the employing authority is the Public Service Commissioner for
               the Northern Territory;
a person who is an officer or employee of the Public Service Commissioner for
the Northern Territory;

   (i)  in any other case-an officer of the Australian Public Service.