New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT AND RELATED EMPLOYEES APPEAL TRIBUNAL ACT 1980 - SECT 15

15 Employees’ representatives

(1) The employee’s representative shall be a person:

(a) whose name is included in the panel of persons nominated in accordance with this Act by the appropriate association of employees, and

(b) who is selected, as nearly as practicable in accordance with the order of preference set out in the nomination referred to in clause 1 of Schedule 2, by the appropriate association of employees.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to the appropriate association of employees is a reference:

(a) where only one notice of appeal is lodged in respect of the decision of an employer appealed against:

(i) if the appellant has indicated in his or her notice of appeal that he or she is a member of only one association of employees-to that association of employees, or

(ii) except as provided by subparagraph (i)-to such association of employees as the Senior Chairperson determines, and

(b) where 2 or more notices of appeal are lodged in respect of the decision of an employer appealed against:

(i) if each of the appellants has indicated in his or her notice of appeal that he or she is a member of the one association of employees and none of them is a member of any other such association-to that one association of employees, or

(ii) except as provided by subparagraph (i)-to such association of employees as the Senior Chairperson determines.