New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 13

13 Determination of Complaints Committee payment of money owing

(1) If:

(a) the Complaints Committee after an inquiry conducted by it finds that a person has failed to pay an amount owing to an entertainment industry representative, an entertainment industry employer or a performer under an award, industrial agreement or entertainment industry contract, and

(b) the parties agreed to be bound by the Committee’s determination at the commencement of the inquiry,

the Complaints Committee may make an order requiring the person to pay the amount (or any part of the amount) owing to the representative, employer or performer.

(2) The maximum amount that the Complaints Committee may order to be paid under this section is $20,000.

(3) If the parties agreed to be bound by the Complaints Committee’s determination at the commencement of the inquiry and the amount alleged to be owing does not exceed $20,000, proceedings may not be brought in any court for the recovery of that amount.

(4) If:

(a) the Complaints Committee after an inquiry conducted by it finds that a person has failed to pay an amount owing to an entertainment industry representative, an entertainment industry employer or a performer under an award, industrial agreement or entertainment industry contract, and

(b) the Complaints Committee does not make an order as to the payment of the amount owing,

the Complaints Committee may issue a certificate to the representative, employer or performer containing the findings of the Committee as to the fact that the person concerned has failed to pay the amount owing.

(5) Any such certificate is prima facie evidence of that fact and is admissible in proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount owing.