Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 337

337 Authorising officers

(1) The registrar, on application by an organisation, may issue an officer or employee of the organisation with an authority under this section.

(2) An authority may be subject to conditions stated in it.

(3) A person (an
"authorised officer" ) who holds an authority that is in force may exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this part.

(4) The authority—

(a) must be applied for in the way prescribed by a regulation; and

(b) is in force for the term stated in it, unless it sooner stops being in force for a reason mentioned in paragraph (c) ; and

(c) stops being in force—

(i) on its revocation; or

(ii) on its suspension, for the period of suspension; or

(iii) on its holder ceasing to be an officer or employee of the organisation that made the application or ceasing to be an authorised officer acceptable to the organisation.

(5) If an authority stops being in force under subsection (4) (c) (iii) , the organisation who applied for it—

(a) must notify the registrar within 14 days after the authorisation stops being in force; and

(b) on the registrar’s request, must surrender the authority to the registrar.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —16 penalty units.