Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 404

404 Remission to a magistrate

(1) This section applies if a presidential member considers an application made under section 403 could be more conveniently heard by a magistrate, having regard to—

(a) the difficulty or expense of producing witnesses; or

(b) another good and sufficient reason, for example, cost.

(2) The presidential member may, either before or after the start of a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate.

(3) A magistrate may hear and decide the application as if it had been brought before the commission and the magistrate’s decision and order is taken to be a decision and order of the commission.