(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations shall be
disposed of summarily:
(a) before the Local Court, or
(b) before an
industrial magistrate.
(2) The provisions of the Principal Act, and the
regulations made under that Act, relating to proceedings before an industrial
magistrate and to appeals from an industrial magistrate to the Commission
apply to proceedings before an industrial magistrate for offences against this
Act or the regulations as if the proceedings under this Act were proceedings
under that Act.
(3) In proceedings for an offence against this Act or the
regulations, the prosecution case may be conducted:
(a) by the informant, or
(b) on behalf of the informant by an Australian legal practitioner or public
servant, or
(c) on behalf of the informant by an agent authorised in writing
by the informant.
(4) In relation to a contravention or failure to comply
with both sections 7 and 8 in connection with the termination or proposed
termination of employment of a particular employee, the employer is, if
punished in respect of one of those offences, not liable to be punished in
respect of the other.
