Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 129

             (1)  The functions of the Industrial Registry are:

                     (a)  to act as the registry for the Commission and to provide administrative support to the Commission;

                     (b)  to provide advice and assistance to organisations in relation to their rights and obligations under this Act; and

                     (c)  such other functions as are conferred on the Industrial Registry by this Act, the BCII Act or the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule.

             (2)  If an agreement made by the Minister, after consulting the President, with an appropriate authority of a State:

                     (a)  provides for the Industrial Registrar or a Deputy Industrial Registrar to be appointed under an Act of the State to be the Registrar of a State industrial body; or

                     (b)  provides for the Industrial Registrar or a Deputy Industrial Registrar to perform or exercise any functions, duties or powers of the Registrar of a State industrial body;

subsections (3) and (4) apply subject to the agreement.

             (3)  The Industrial Registry has the following functions:

                     (a)  acting as the registry for the State industrial body;

                     (b)  providing administrative support to the State industrial body.

             (4)  If:

                     (a)  either of the following subparagraphs applies:

                              (i)  the Industrial Registrar or the Deputy Industrial Registrar is appointed under an Act of the State to be the Registrar of another State industrial body that has replaced the State industrial body referred to in the agreement;

                             (ii)  an Act of the State, or the agreement, authorises the Industrial Registrar or the Deputy Industrial Registrar to perform or exercise any functions, duties or powers of another State industrial body that has replaced the State industrial body referred to in the agreement; and

                     (b)  the Minister, after consulting the President, has agreed to the Industrial Registry having the following functions:

                              (i)  acting as the registry for the other State industrial body;

                             (ii)  providing administrative support to the other State industrial body;

the Industrial Registry has those functions.

             (5)  If, after consulting the President, the Minister has made an agreement with an appropriate authority of a State for the Industrial Registry to perform the functions ( State Registry functions ) of acting as the registry for, and providing administrative support to, a State industrial body referred to in the agreement and:

                     (a)  State Registry functions in relation to the State industrial body referred to in the agreement are expressed to be conferred on the Industrial Registry by or under an Act of the State or the agreement; or

                     (b)  State Registry functions in relation to another State industrial body that has replaced the State industrial body referred to in the agreement are expressed to be conferred on the Industrial Registry by or under an Act of the State or the agreement and the Minister, after consulting the President, has agreed to the Industrial Registry performing those functions in relation to the other State industrial body;

then, subject to the agreement, the Industrial Registry has the State Registry functions in relation to the State industrial body referred to in the agreement or the other State industrial body, as the case may be.