Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS REFORM ACT 1993 No. 98 of 1993 - SECT 10

10. After section 90 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Performance of Commission's functions under this Part and Part VIC

"90AA.(1) The Commission must perform its functions under this Part and Part
VIC in a way that furthers the objects of this Act and, in particular, the
objects of this Part and Part VIC.

"(2) In performing those functions, the Commission must:

   (a)  ensure, so far as it can, that the system of awards provides for
        secure, relevant and consistent wages and conditions of employment;
        and

   (b)  have proper regard to the interests of the parties immediately
        concerned and of the Australian community as a whole.

"(3) Changes that are needed to maintain wages and conditions of employment at
a relevant level:

   (a)  may be implemented in stages, so that consistency is achieved over a
        period; and

   (b)  may be made subject to compliance by relevant parties with principles
        established by the Commission.

"(4) Subsection (3) is enacted to avoid doubt.".