Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 492

492 Appointment of Commonwealth official as deputy president or industrial commissioner

(1) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, appoint a member of the Australian commission to be a deputy president or an industrial commissioner (each a
"dual commissioner" ).

(2) Sections 423 and 446 and 586 do not apply to the appointment of a dual commissioner or to a dual commissioner.

(3) The appointment—

(a) is for the term decided by the Governor in Council and stated in the instrument of appointment; and

(b) may be ended, with the Governor in Council’s approval, by notice given by the Minister to the dual commissioner.

(4) A dual commissioner—

(a) is not entitled to remuneration for performing the functions of a deputy president or an industrial commissioner; but

(b) is entitled to be paid expenses reasonably incurred by the dual commissioner in exercising powers and performing functions as a deputy president or an industrial commissioner.

(5) A dual commissioner stops being a deputy president or an industrial commissioner if the person—

(a) becomes a person mentioned in section 445 ; or

(b) stops being a member of the Australian commission.