South Australian Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 29

29—The President

        (1)         The President of the Commission is a person appointed by the Governor to be the President of the Commission.

        (2)         Before a person is appointed (or reappointed) as the President of the Commission, the Minister must consult confidentially about the proposed appointment with a panel consisting of—

            (a)         a nominee of the United Trades and Labor Council; and

            (b)         a nominee of the South Australian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and

            (c)         a nominee of the House of Assembly appointed by resolution of that House; and

            (d)         a nominee of the Legislative Council appointed by resolution of the Council; and

            (e)         the Commissioner of Public Employment,

(and for the purposes of the consultation must inform the members of the panel all persons short-listed for appointment).

        (3)         The Senior Judge of the Court may (but need not) be appointed as the President of the Commission.

        (4)         The President is responsible for the administration of the Commission.

        (5)         If the President is absent from official duties, responsibility for administration of the Commission devolves on a Deputy President appointed by the Governor to act in the President's absence or, if no such appointment has been made, on the most senior of the Deputy Presidents who is available to undertake the responsibility.