WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 856 Particular rights of intervention of Minister

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 856

             (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, the BCII Act or the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule.

             (2)  The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, by giving written notice to a Registrar of the Federal Magistrates Court, intervene in the public interest in a proceeding before that court in a matter arising under this Act or the BCII Act.

             (3)  If the Minister intervenes in a proceeding before the Court or the Federal Magistrates Court, that court may, despite section 824, make an order as to costs against the Commonwealth.

             (4)  If the Minister intervenes in a proceeding before the Court or the Federal Magistrates Court, then, for the purposes of the institution and prosecution of an appeal from a judgment given in the proceeding, the Minister is taken to be a party to the proceeding.

             (5)  If, under subsection (4), the Minister institutes an appeal from a judgment, a court hearing the appeal may, despite section 824, make an order as to costs against the Commonwealth.