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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 124 Rules of Commission

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 124

Rules of Commission

             (1)  The President, after consultation with members of the Commission, may, by signed instrument, make rules, not inconsistent with this Act or the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule, 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; and

                     (e)  the furnishing of security for the payment of costs in respect of an application made under section 643.

             (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)  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.