Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1979 - SECT 9

9 .         Qualifications for appointment of President and Chief Commissioner

        (1)         A person shall not be appointed as the President unless he is or has been a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of Australia or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth of not less than 5 years’ standing.

        (1a)         The President during the term of his or her office — 

            (a)         is entitled to the style and title of The Honourable ( name ), President of The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission; and

            (b)         in appropriate circumstances — 

                  (i)         may be addressed as “Your Honour”; and

                  (ii)         may be referred to as “His Honour” or “Her Honour”, as the case may be.

        (2)         A person shall not be appointed Chief Commissioner unless — 

            (a)         he has had experience at a high level in industrial relations; or

            (b)         he has, not less than 5 years previously, obtained a degree of a university or an educational qualification of similar standard after studies considered by the Governor to have substantial relevance to the duties of the Chief Commissioner.

        [Section 9 inserted by No. 94 of 1984 s. 9; amended by No. 99 of 1990 s. 5.]