INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 359 Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 359

359. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with
this Act, prescribing all matters:

   (a)  required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

   (b)  necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
        effect to this Act.

(2) The matters in relation to which the Governor-General may make regulations
include, but are not limited to:

   (a)  the manner in which, and the time within which, applications,
        submissions and objections under this Act may be made and dealt with;

   (b)  the practice and procedure of the Commission;

   (c)  the fees to be charged in relation to proceedings under this Act;

   (d)  the duties of the Industrial Registrar, the Deputy Industrial
        Registrars and any officers of the Commission;

   (e)  requiring, or authorising a particular person to require, the
        providing by all or any organisations of information relating to
        matters relevant to the conduct of elections for offices in
        organisations and branches of organisations;

   (f)  the exhibiting, on the premises of an employer bound by an award or an
        order of the Commission, of any of the terms of the award or order;
        and

   (g)  penalties not exceeding a fine of $1,000 for offences against the
        regulations.

(3) The power conferred by subsection (1) to make regulations with respect to
the matter referred to in paragraph (2) (b) includes power to make regulations
with respect to that matter in relation to any jurisdiction conferred on the
Commission by or under any other Act, whether passed before or after this Act.