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Industrial Relations Act 1996
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#### 159 Arrangement of business
159 Arrangement of business
> > (1) The President of the Commission is (subject to this Act and the rules of the Commission) to direct the business of the Commission.
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> > (1A) Without limiting subsection (1), a direction given under that subsection may be limited to particular proceedings (or particular classes of proceedings) specified in the direction.
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> > (2) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, if the President of the Commission is not a judicial member, the function of allocating a matter for hearing and determination by a judicial member as the Commission in Court Session, including constituting a Full Bench of the Commission in Court Session, must be exercised by the most senior judicial member.
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> **s 159:** Am 2006 No 1, Sch 1 \[5\]; 2013 No 85, Sch 1 \[13\]; 2016 No 48, Sch 1 \[26\] \[27\]; 2023 No 41, Sch 1.2\[20\] \[21\].