WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996
- SECT 75
Deputy Industrial Registrars

(1)

The Governor-General shall appoint such number of persons to be Deputy Industrial Registrars as are necessary from time to time.

(2)

Each Deputy Industrial Registrar:

(a) has the powers and functions conferred on a Registrar by or under this Act, the BCII Act, the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule or an award; and
(b) subject to the directions of the Industrial Registrar, shall perform the functions conferred on the Industrial Registry by this Act or the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule, and has such powers as are necessary for the performance of those functions.

(3)

If an agreement is made between the Minister and the appropriate authority of a State as mentioned in subsection 63(1A), then, subject to the agreement:

(a) if a Deputy Industrial Registrar is appointed under an Act of the State to be the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of a State industrial body referred to in the agreement, or to be the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of another State industrial body as mentioned in subparagraph 63(1C)(a)(i)—the Deputy Industrial Registrar has, and must perform, any functions or duties, and may exercise any powers, of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar, as the case may be, of the body concerned, whether the functions, duties or powers are conferred by or under that Act or another Act of the State; or
(b) if an Act of the State, or the agreement, is expressed to authorise a Deputy Industrial Registrar or a Deputy Registrar to perform or exercise any functions, duties or powers of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of a State industrial body referred to in the agreement or any functions, duties or powers of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of another State industrial body as mentioned in subparagraph 63(1C)(a)(ii)—the Deputy Industrial Registrar has, and must perform, those functions or duties, or may exercise those powers, as the case may be.

(4)

If:

(a) under subsection 63(1D) the Industrial Registry has the functions of acting as the registry for, and providing administrative support to, a State industrial body; and
(b) a law of the State is expressed to authorise the Industrial Registrar, or a Registrar, to perform or exercise any functions, duties or powers relevant to the performance of the functions referred to in paragraph (a);

then, subject to the agreement referred to in subsection 63(1D), each Deputy Industrial Registrar:

(c) has the functions, duties or powers referred to in paragraph (b); and
(d) must perform those functions or duties or may exercise those powers, as the case may be, subject to the directions of the Industrial Registrar.