Western Australian Numbered Acts

EMPLOYMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT 2008 (NO. 18 OF 2008) - SECT 14

14 .         Constitution of IR Commission

        (1)         For the purposes of this Division the IR Commission is to be constituted by a single commissioner.

        (2)         Despite subsection (1), the IR Commission may be constituted by more than one commissioner if —

            (a)         the terms of the relevant referral agreement so require; or

            (b)         the terms of the relevant referral agreement so permit and the parties to the referral so request,

                and the Chief Commissioner is of the opinion that it is practicable and appropriate to so constitute the IR Commission.

        (3)         The Chief Commissioner is to have regard to the terms of the referral agreement when assigning or appointing a commissioner or commissioners to constitute the IR Commission for the purposes of this Division but is not obliged to comply with those terms.