New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 299

299 Provisions relating to authorities issued to officers

(1) The Industrial Registrar may, on application, issue an instrument of authority for the purposes of this Part to an officer or employee of an industrial organisation of employees.

(2) An authorised industrial officer is required to produce the authority:

(a) if requested to do so by the occupier of any premises that the officer enters, or

(b) if requested to do so by a person whom the officer requires to produce anything or to answer any question.

(3) The authority:

(a) remains in force until it expires or is revoked under this section, and

(b) expires when the person to whom it was issued ceases to be an officer or employee of the industrial organisation of employees concerned.

(4) The Industrial Registrar may, on application, revoke the authority if satisfied that the person to whom it was issued has intentionally hindered or obstructed employers or employees during their working time or has otherwise acted in an improper manner in the exercise of any power conferred on the person by this Part.

(5) An application for the revocation of an authority is to set out the grounds on which the application is made.

(6) A person to whom an authority has been issued under this section must, within 14 days after the expiry or revocation of the authority, return the authority to the Industrial Registrar for cancellation.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.