Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 308

308 .         Designation and functions of Director and Registrar

        (1)         The CEO must designate from among the WorkCover WA officers a person to be the Director and a person to be the Registrar.

        (2)         The Director —

            (a)         is responsible for the administration of the arrangements under this Act for the conciliation of disputes; and

            (b)         allocates work to conciliators; and

            (c)         without limiting the functions of the CEO, manages and directs the staff of the Conciliation Service;and

            (d)         has, and may perform, all the functions of a conciliator; and

            (e)         has any other functions conferred on the Director by this Act or any other written law.

        (3)         The Registrar —

            (a)         is responsible for the administration of the arrangements under this Act for the arbitration of disputes; and

            (b)         allocates work to arbitrators; and

            (c)         without limiting the functions of the CEO, manages and directs the staff of the Arbitration Service; and

            (d)         has, and may perform, all the functions of an arbitrator; and

            (e)         has any other functions conferred on the Registrar by this Act or any other written law.

        (4)         The Director and the Registrar are not subject to the management or direction of the CEO as to any decision to be made, or discretion to be exercised, in relation to a particular dispute.

        (5)         The designation of a person as the Director or the Registrar must be in writing and the Interpretation Act 1984 section 52 applies to the designation in the same way as that section applies to an appointment.