Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 12 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS REGULATIONS - REG 37

37. (1) The designated Presidential Member dealing with an application for
registration made by an association under section 188 of the Act shall not:

   (a)  refuse to grant it without giving the applicant an opportunity to be
        heard; or

   (b)  grant it without giving any objector who has complied with regulation
36 (in this regulation called an "objector") an opportunity to be heard.

(2) The designated Presidential Member shall, for the purpose of giving the
applicant and any objector an opportunity to be heard, fix a time and place
for a hearing and shall cause the applicant and any objector to be notified of
the time and place so fixed.

(3) The designated Presidential Member may, at the time and place fixed for
the hearing, give directions as to the manner in which the hearing is to
proceed and may:

   (a)  determine the matter without further delay;

   (b)  adjourn the proceedings to a later day; or

   (c)  with the agreement of the applicant and any objector, determine the
        matter on a later day without a further hearing.