Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 8

  (1)   Chapter   5 provides for the administration of this Act by establishing the Fair Work Commission and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman.

  (2)   Part   5 - 1 is about the Fair Work Commission. It:

  (a)   establishes and confers functions on the FWC; and

  (b)   sets out how matters before the FWC are to be conducted (for example, how the FWC is to deal with applications made to it).

  (3)   Part   5 - 2 is about the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman. It:

  (a)   establishes and confers functions on the Fair Work Ombudsman; and

  (b)   confers functions and powers on Fair Work Inspectors.