185Rules of Commission

185 Rules of Commission

185 Rules of Commission

(1) Rules of the Commission may be made for or with respect to any matter that by this or any other Act is required or permitted to be prescribed by rules of the Commission or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed in relation to the practice and procedure of the Commission under this or any other Act.

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), rules of the Commission may be made for or with respect to—

(a) the initiation of proceedings in the Commission, or

(b) the practice and procedure to be followed in, or for the purposes of, proceedings before the Commission, or

(c) the means for, and the practice and procedure to be followed in, the enforcement and execution of decisions of the Commission, or

(d) the functions of the Industrial Registrar or other officers under this Act, including functions in relation to proceedings instituted before the Commission, or

(d1) authorising any function of the Commission under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to be exercised by the Industrial Registrar, or

(e) any matter that may be the subject of rules under the Supreme Court Act 1970 or the Civil Procedure Act 2005.

(2A) Without limiting subsection (2) (b), rules of the Commission may provide for the giving of evidence (including by way of reports or other documents) in appeals under Part 7 of Chapter 2 by persons having specialised knowledge of matters relevant to promotion appeals or disciplinary appeals under that Part.

(3) This section extends to the making of rules relating to the practice and procedure of (and other matters relating to) an Industrial Committee.

(4) (Repealed)

s 185: Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.22 [1]; 2010 No 54, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.14 [2]; 2016 No 48, Sch 1 [50].