New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 23

23 Functions of Industrial Registrar

(1) The Industrial Registrar may exercise the following functions in connection with any matter before the Industrial Registrar:

(a) subject to the Act, determine his or her own procedure in the matter,

(b) issue a summons under section 165 of the Act for the purposes of dealing with the matter,

(c) adjourn proceedings in the matter to any time and place,

(d) make any amendments to the proceedings in the matter that the Industrial Registrar considers necessary in the interests of justice,

(e) conduct proceedings in the matter publicly or, if the Industrial Registrar considers it necessary, privately,

(f) require the presentation of the respective cases of the parties in the matter to be limited to the periods of time that the Industrial Registrar determines are reasonably necessary for the fair and adequate presentation of the cases,

(g) require evidence or argument in the matter to be presented in writing and decide on the matters on which the Industrial Registrar will hear oral evidence or argument,

(h) dismiss at any stage any proceedings in the matter if the Industrial Registrar considers the proceedings are frivolous or vexatious,

(i) notify any person or body of proceedings in, or any other aspect of, the matter if the Industrial Registrar considers that the person or body may be affected by the matter.

(2) The Industrial Registrar has, in connection with proceedings for the approval of an enterprise agreement or contract agreement, the function of notifying the persons or bodies who may be entitled to appear or be represented in the proceedings that the agreement has been lodged for approval.

(3) The functions conferred by this clause are in addition to any functions delegated to the Industrial Registrar by the Commission or conferred on the Industrial Registrar by the Act, by any other provision of the regulations or by the rules of the Commission.