Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 448

448 Commission’s jurisdiction

(1) The commission may hear and decide the following matters—

(a) a question of law or fact brought before it or that it considers expedient to hear and decide for the regulation of a calling;

(b) all questions—

(i) arising out of an industrial matter; or

(ii) involving deciding the rights and duties of a person in relation to an industrial matter; or

(iii) it considers expedient to hear and decide about an industrial matter;

(c) an industrial dispute referred to the commission under this Act or another Act by a member who has held a conference at which no agreement has been reached;

(d) all appeals properly made to it under this Act or another Act;

(e) all matters referred to the commission under this Act or another Act.

(2) The commission may regulate a calling by an award—

(a) on application by an organisation, an employer, or 20 employees (who are not members of an employee organisation and not covered by an award) in a calling; or

(b) on application by the Minister; or

(c) on its own initiative.

(3) The commission—

(a) may hold an inquiry into or about an industrial matter on application by an interested person or on its own initiative; and

(b) must hold an inquiry into or about an industrial matter if the Minister, by notice, directs.

(4) The commission must report the result of the inquiry, and make recommendations, to the Minister.

(5) The commission may consolidate into 1 award all awards that apply to or affect an employer or class of employer in a calling, or the members of an organisation employed by the same employer or class of employer—

(a) on application by an organisation or an employer; or

(b) if the Minister, by notice, directs.

(6) When exercising power under subsection (5) , the commission may make the amendments it considers necessary or convenient to give effect to the consolidated award.

(7) No provision of this Act or another Act limits, by implication, the commission’s jurisdiction.

(8) In this section—

"class" includes a section of a class.