Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 507

507 Magistrates’ jurisdiction is exclusive

(1) The jurisdiction conferred on a magistrate by this Act or another Act is exclusive of the jurisdiction of another court or tribunal, unless this or the other Act provides otherwise.

(2) Jurisdiction conferred on a magistrate for the following matters is not exclusive of another court’s jurisdiction—

(a) a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate higher than that fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit or under section 22 ;

(b) a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate higher than that fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit;

(c) a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate that is not fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit;

(d) a claim for amounts payable, with an employee’s written consent, from an employee’s wages;

(e) a claim for the repayment of a fee received by a private employment agent in contravention of section 346 (1) or (2) .

(3) In this section—

"fee" includes charge, expense of any kind and reward.