Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1984 - SECT 66

      (1) A private employer who is the only employer subject to an award is, subject to the modifications of section 65 specified in subsection (2), entitled to the rights specified in that section as if he were an organization.

      (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), section 65 is modified as if –

(a) paragraph (b) were omitted and the following paragraph were substituted:

(b) to be notified of the hearing of an application in respect of an award that is applicable to him;

(b) the reference in paragraph (c) to the members of the organization were a reference to a private employer referred to in section 66(1); and

(c) paragraph (h) were omitted.

      (3) An association which is a party to an agreement with the Minister for the time being administering the Health Act 1997 concerning the provision of services for a hospital maintained and operated by or on behalf of the State by health practitioners visiting such a hospital is, subject to –

(a) the modifications of section 65 specified in subsection (4); and

(b) the approval of the President –

      (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), section 65 is modified as if –

(a) paragraphs (b) and (c) were omitted and the following paragraphs were substituted:

(b) to be notified of the hearing of an application in respect of an award relating to or giving effect to an agreement referred to in section 66 (3);

(c) to appear in proceedings before the Commission in relation to an application referred to in paragraph (b); and

(b) paragraphs (e) and (h) were omitted.

      (5) For the purposes of subsection (3) –

"health practitioners" means –

(a) registered medical practitioners within the meaning of the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996;

(b) persons registered as dentists under the Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001;

(c) registered optometrists within the meaning of the Optometrists Registration Act 1994;

(d) persons registered as physiotherapists under the Physiotherapists Registration Act 1999;

(e) registered podiatrists within the meaning of the Podiatrists Registration Act 1995; and

(f) persons engaged in such other occupations as are prescribed in the regulations;