Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1979 - SECT 35

35 .         Decision to be first drawn up as minutes

        (1)         Subject to this section, the decision of the Commission, except a direction, order or declaration under section 32 or an order for dismissal shall, before it is delivered, be drawn up in the form of minutes which shall be handed down to the parties concerned and, unless in any particular case the Commission otherwise determines, its reasons for decision shall be published at the same time.

        (2)         At the discretion of the commissioner giving the decision the minutes and reasons for decision may be handed down by the Registrar.

        (3)         The parties concerned shall, at a time fixed by the Commission, be entitled to speak to matters contained in the minutes of the decision and the Commission may, after hearing the parties, vary the terms of those minutes before they are delivered as the decision of the Commission.

        (4)         The Commission, with the consent of the parties, may waive the requirements of this section in any case in which it is of the opinion that the procedures therein prescribed are inappropriate or unnecessary.

        [Section 35 amended by No. 121 of 1982 s. 14; No. 94 of 1984 s. 24 and 66.]