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Industrial Arbitration Act 1979
Div 2General jurisdiction and powers of the Commission
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Division 2 — General jurisdiction and powers of the Commission
22B. Commission to act with due speed 36
23. Jurisdiction of Commission 36
23A. Unfair dismissal claims, Commission’s powers on 39
23B. Third party involvement in employment claim, Commission’s powers to prevent etc. 41
24. Industrial matters, Commission may decide what are 42
24A. Onus of proving individual is or was not employee 43
25. Allocation of industrial matters by Chief Commissioner 43
26. Commission to act according to equity and good conscience 44
27. Powers of Commission 48
28. Powers in s. 27 may be exercised at any time after matter lodged 51
29. Who may refer industrial matters to Commission 52
29AA. Certain claims not to be determined 55
29A. Proposed award etc., service of etc. 56
29B. Parties to proceedings 58
29C. Deciding which organisation to be party to award, order or industrial agreement relating to government officers 58
30. Minister may intervene on behalf of State 59
31. Representation of parties to proceedings 59
32. Conciliation and arbitration of industrial matters 61
32A. Conciliation and arbitration functions of Commission are unlimited 63
33. Evidence before Commission 63
33A. Misconduct before Commission 65
34. Decisions of Commission, form of and review of 66
35. Decision to be first drawn up as minutes 67
36. Copy of decision must be given to parties and be available for inspection 68
Division 2AA — Certain industrial matters relating to public sector employment
36AA. Industrial matters relating to public sector employment 69