(1)  Subject to this section, the President shall –

(a) allocate for hearing and determination by a Commissioner sitting alone applications for awards or for the variation of awards;

(ab) refer to a Commissioner sitting alone –

(i) applications under section 63 (1) for the purpose of his making a determination referred to in section 63 (10) (b) ; and

(ii) applications under section 65A (1) for the purpose of his making a determination referred to in section 65A (2) ;

(b) determine whether matters arising under this Act should be referred to a Full Bench;

(c) appoint Commissioners to constitute Full Benches and refer to those Benches –

(i) matters that he has determined, under paragraph (b) , to be matters that should be referred to those Benches; and

(ii) applications made to him under section 67 (7) and under section 68 ;

(d) allocate for hearing and determination by a Commissioner applications in respect of industrial disputes;

(da) allocate for hearing by a Commissioner an agreement filed under section 55 or lodged under section 61H ; and

(e) refer disputes with respect to long service leave as provided by or under the relevant Act to a Commissioner for determination by him under the provisions of the Long Service Leave Act 1976 or the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 ;

(f) appoint Commissioners to constitute Full Benches to hear –

(i) applications for awards or for the variation of awards;

(ii) appeals under sections  70(1) and  82 ; and

(iii) as provided under the relevant Act, appeals against determinations of a Commissioner concerning disputes with respect to long service leave under the provisions of the Long Service Leave Act 1976 or the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 ;

(g) appoint Commissioners to conduct arbitrations under section 61 ;

(h) make declarations pursuant to section 43 ;

(i) appoint Commissioners to hear applications under sections 79 and 81 ; and

(j) appoint a Commissioner to hear an application for an order under section 75(7A) ; and

(k) appoint a Commissioner to hear an application for review under section 50 of the State Service Act 2000 ; and

(l) appoint 2 Commissioners to constitute, together with the President, a Full Bench to perform the functions, and exercise the powers, conferred on the Commission under the Parliamentary Salaries, Superannuation and Allowances Act 2012 .

(2)  The President is not precluded from –

(a) allocating to himself or herself for hearing and determination an application of a type referred to in subsection (1) ; or

(b) subject to section 70(2) , appointing himself or herself to a Full Bench.

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(3)  The President may –

(a) give directions to the Registrar for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) do all things necessary or convenient to be done, other than employ persons, for or in connection with, or as incidental to, the performance of his functions under subsection (1) .

(4)  Where the President is unable to act in his office, whether on account of illness or for any other cause, or where there is a vacancy in the office of President, the Deputy President shall act in the office of the President.

(5)  The Deputy President, while acting in the office of President pursuant to subsection (4) , has, and may exercise, all the powers of the President under this Act and shall perform the functions of the President under this Act.