TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT 2008 (NO 30 OF 2008) - SECT 68

TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT 2008 (NO 30 OF 2008) - SECT 68

68—Participation of assessors and other experts in proceedings before Industrial Relations Commission

        (1)         In any proceedings (other than those to which subsection (2) applies) before the Industrial Relations Commission under this Division, the Industrial Relations Commission—

            (a)         must sit with assessors selected in accordance with Schedule 1; and

            (b)         may select an expert in accordance with Schedule 1 to advise the Industrial Relations Commission in relation to a matter relating to the proceedings.

        (2)         In proceedings to which this subsection applies before the Industrial Relations Commission under this Division, the Industrial Relations Commission has absolute discretion to do either or both of the following:

            (a)         sit with assessors selected in accordance with Schedule 1;

            (b)         select an expert in accordance with Schedule 1 to advise the Industrial Relations Commission in relation to a matter relating to the proceedings.

        (3)         Subsection (2) applies to the following proceedings:

            (a)         a conference under Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 4A of the Fair Work Act 1994 ;

            (b)         proceedings for the purposes of—

                  (i)         dealing with preliminary, interlocutory or procedural matters; or

                  (ii)         dealing with questions of costs; or

                  (iii)         entering consent orders;

            (c)         a part of the proceedings relating only to questions of law;

            (d)         appellate proceedings.