South Australian Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 34

34—The Commissioners

        (1)         The Commissioners are the persons appointed by the Governor as Commissioners.

        (2)         Before a person is appointed (or reappointed) as a Commissioner, 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)         A Commissioner must be a person of standing in the community with experience in industrial affairs either through association with the interests of employees or through association with the interests of employers and the number of Commissioners of the former class must be equal to, or differ by no more than one from, the number of Commissioners of the latter class (part-time Commissioners being counted for the purposes of this subsection by reference to the proportion of full-time work undertaken).