Industrial Relations Act 1996
159Arrangement of business
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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.
(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.
(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.
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].