Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In exercising its
jurisdiction under this Part the Commission shall not make an award or
applicable order, or register an industrial agreement, unless the award, order
or industrial agreement makes provision for procedures to be followed in
connection with questions, disputes or difficulties arising under the award,
order or industrial agreement.
(1a) The procedures
referred to in subsection (1) shall provide for the persons involved in
the question, dispute or difficulty to confer among themselves and make
reasonable attempts to resolve questions, disputes or difficulties before
taking those matters to the Commission.
(2) The Commission may
order persons involved in a question, dispute or difficulty arising under an
award, order or industrial agreement that is before the Commission to comply
with the dispute settling procedures provided for in that award, order or
industrial agreement.
(3) In
subsection (1) applicable order means an order with respect to which, in
the opinion of the Commission, a question, dispute or difficulty capable of
resolution by dispute settling procedures may arise.
[Section 48A inserted as section 49A by
No. 79 of 1995 s. 11; amended by No. 3 of 1997 s. 31 4 ;
renumbered as section 48A by No. 20 of 2002 s. 120.]