sec.51Proceedings started before commencement

### sec.51 Proceedings started before commencement This section applies to the matter of an order under previous section 21 or 22(1) if, before the commencement, a proceeding for the matter had been started but not decided or otherwise ended. The full bench of the industrial commission must hear and decide, or continue to hear and decide, the matter under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement. However, if immediately before the commencement the hearing of the matter had not started— the vice-president may reallocate the matter to an industrial commission constituted by a commissioner sitting alone; and the industrial commission must hear and decide the matter under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement. s 51 orig s 51 ins 1998 No. 45 s 3 exp 31 December 1998 (see s 53) prev s 51 ins 1999 No. 83 s 4 exp 2 January 2000 (see s 54) ins 2004 No. 45 s 138 exp 31 March 2005 (see s 53) pres s 51 ins 2013 No. 61 s 115 (sec.51-ssec.1) This section applies to the matter of an order under previous section 21 or 22(1) if, before the commencement, a proceeding for the matter had been started but not decided or otherwise ended. (sec.51-ssec.2) The full bench of the industrial commission must hear and decide, or continue to hear and decide, the matter under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement. (sec.51-ssec.3) However, if immediately before the commencement the hearing of the matter had not started— the vice-president may reallocate the matter to an industrial commission constituted by a commissioner sitting alone; and the industrial commission must hear and decide the matter under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement. - (a) the vice-president may reallocate the matter to an industrial commission constituted by a commissioner sitting alone; and - (b) the industrial commission must hear and decide the matter under this Act as in force immediately before the commencement.