(1) The Commission has jurisdiction to consider and inquire into a report
referred to the Chief Commissioner under section 11 and, in consequence
thereof, to make such orders under this Act as appear to be just and proper.
(1A) Where, in relation to a report referred to in subsection (1), the
Commission receives a request in or to the effect of the prescribed form from
a union or from an employer to whom the report relates for the Commission to
exercise its jurisdiction under this Act, the Commission shall forthwith
proceed to exercise its jurisdiction under this Act in relation to that
report.
(1B) Where, in relation to a report referred to in subsection (1), no
such request is made to the Commission by:
(a) an industrial union of
employers or an employer to whom the report relates--within the period of 21
days after the date on which the Registrar received the relevant notice under
this Act, or
(b) an industrial union of employees--within the period of 21
days after the date on which the Registrar first sent such a union a copy of
the notice for the purposes of section 10,
the Commission shall forthwith
proceed to exercise its jurisdiction under this Act in relation to that
report.
(1C) The regulations may, in any case or class of cases, vary any
period referred to in subsection (1A) or (1B), and those subsections shall, in
any such case or class of cases, have effect subject to and in accordance with
any such variation.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 30B of the
Principal Act, but subject to section 15 of this Act, the jurisdiction of the
Commission under this Act may be exercised by:
to whom consideration of the report is for the time
being allocated by the Chief Commissioner.
(3) The Commission may exercise
its jurisdiction under this Act in relation to a termination or proposed
termination of employment notwithstanding that the employer has contravened or
failed to comply with this Act or the regulations in any respect, and may do
so as if that contravention or failure had not occurred.