WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182ZP

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182ZP

182ZP .         Registrar, Arbitration, designation and functions of

        (1)         The chief executive officer is to designate a person who is an officer of WorkCover WA as the Registrar, Arbitration.

        (2)         A person cannot be designated under this section unless the person is a legal practitioner.

        (3)         The Registrar —

            (a)         is responsible for the administration of the Arbitration Service; and

            (b)         is to allocate work to arbitrators; and

            (c)         without limiting the functions of the chief executive officer, is to manage and direct the staff of the Arbitration Service; and

            (d)         has, and may perform, all the functions of an arbitrator; and

            (e)         is to provide advice as to the content of the arbitration rules; and

            (f)         has the other functions conferred on the Registrar by this Act or any other written law.

        (4)         The Registrar is not subject to the management or direction of the chief executive officer as to any decision to be made, or discretion to be exercised, in relation to a particular dispute.

        [Section 182ZP inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]