Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008 (WA)

Western Australia

Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008

Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008

Western Australia

Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008 Contents1. Citation 12 — Commencement3. Terms used in these regulations 14. Meaning of “Commonwealth enterprise agreement” (EDR Act section 3) 25. Practice and procedure: employment dispute referrals 26. Appeals 27. Applications under the EDR Act section 27 28. Register 39. Allocation 310. Service 311. Proceedings for enforcement 412. Publication of notice of variation 4Schedule 1 — FormsNotesCompilation table 7Defined terms

Western Australia

 

Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008

Industrial Relations Act 1979

Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008

1.Citation

These regulations are the Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

• (a)

  regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

• (b)

  the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008 comes into operation.

[Regulation 2 correction: Gazette 5 Dec 2008 p. 5087.]

3.Terms used in these regulations

• (1)

  In these regulations —

EDR Act means the Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008;

Registrar has the meaning given in the IR Act section 7(1).

• (2)

  Words and expressions used in these regulations have the same respective meanings as in the EDR Act.

4.Meaning of “Commonwealth enterprise agreement” (EDR Act section 3)

An AWA, within the meaning of that term in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 (Commonwealth), is prescribed for the purposes of the definition of Commonwealth enterprise agreement in the EDR Act section 3(1).

[Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1250.]

5.Practice and procedure: employment dispute referrals

If an employment dispute is referred to the IR Commission under the EDR Act Part 2 Division 2 —

• (a)

  the referral is to be in a form approved in writing by the Chief Commissioner (see section 13(2) of the Act); and

• (b)

  unless otherwise specified in the referral agreement, the EDR Act or these regulations, the Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 apply with such changes as are necessary as if the referral were an application under the IR Act; and

• (c)

  the forms set out in the Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 are to be used, with such changes as are necessary, accordingly.

6.Appeals

The Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 regulations 102 (except regulation 102(4) and (13)), 103 and 103A apply to an appeal under the EDR Act section 22.

7.Applications under the EDR Act section 27

• (1)

  An application to the IR Commission under the EDR Act section 27 is to be made in the form of Form 1 in Schedule 1.

• (2)

  The application, and any other documents that are to be filed or lodged in relation to the application, are to be filed or lodged in the office of the Registrar.

• (3)

  The Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 regulations 4, 5 and 7(1), (2), (4) and (5) apply in relation to the application and related documents.

[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1251.]

8.Register

• (1)

  The Registrar is to keep a register of the following —

  • (a)

    all requests for mediation proceedings under the EDR Act section 7;

  • (b)

    all referrals of an employment dispute under the EDR Act section 13;

  • (c)

    all applications under the EDR Act section 27 to have a dispute resolution process conducted.

• (2)

  The register may be in the form of a record or information stored by electronic means.

9.Allocation

The Registrar is to present each request, referral and application referred to in regulation 8(1) to the Chief Commissioner for allocation as soon as is practicable after it is lodged or filed with the Registrar.

[Regulation 9 correction: Gazette 5 Dec 2008 p. 5087.]

10.Service

The Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 regulations 24, 27 and 28 apply in relation to an application to the IR Commission under the EDR Act section 27 as if the application were filed in proceedings before the Commission.

[Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1251.]

11.Proceedings for enforcement

The Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005 regulation 60 applies for the purposes of enforcing a decision or direction under the EDR Act section 20 or 25(3).

12.Publication of notice of variation

• (1)

  If an order made under the EDR Act section 18(1)(a) (an EDR order) varies the operation of an existing award, order or industrial agreement under the IR Act, the Registrar must publish a notice of the variation —

  • (a)

    in the next available issue of the Western Australian Industrial Gazette published under the IR Act; and

  • (b)

    in a newspaper circulating throughout the State or on an internet site maintained by the IR Commission.

• (2)

  The notice must specify —

  • (a)

    the award, order or industrial agreement that was varied; and

  • (b)

    the parties to the EDR order; and

  • (c)

    the date on which the EDR order was made.

Schedule 1 — Forms

Form 1

[r. 7]

Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008 s. 27

Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission

Application No. ……... of 20….

Application to conduct dispute resolution process

Applicant

Name

Contact person

Mailing address

Telephone

Fax

Email address

Application

I apply to have a dispute resolution process conducted by the Commission under the Employment Dispute Resolution Act 2008 section 27

Matter in dispute1

Is the matter urgent?

[Tick one box]

Yes

No

Parties to the matter in dispute2

Party 1

Full name

Contact person

Mailing address

Telephone

Fax

Email address

Party 2

Full name

Contact person

Mailing address

Telephone

Fax

Email address

Party 3

Full name

Contact person

Mailing address

Telephone

Fax

Email address

Name of relevant Commonwealth enterprise agreement

Number (if applicable)

Type of assistance sought from IR Commission

Signature of applicant

Date

Notes to Form 1:

• 1.

  Provide a brief description.   Attach schedule if necessary.

• 2.

  If more than 3 parties are involved attach a sheet identifying relevant details of each additional party.

[Schedule 1 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1251.]

Notes

1          This is a compilation of the Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008.   The following table contains information about those regulations.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Employment Dispute Resolution Regulations 2008	28 Nov 2008 p. 5019-26 (Printers correction 5 Dec 2008 p. 5087)	r. 1 and 2: 28 Nov 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 2008 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Nov 2008 p. 5029)
Employment Dispute Resolution Amendment Regulations 2012	16 Mar 2012 p. 1250‑1	r. 1 and 2: 16 Mar 2012 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Apr 2012 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1246)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

Commonwealth enterprise agreement............................................................................ 4

Commonwealth enterprise agreement” (EDR Act section 3)..................................... 4

EDR Act......................................................................................................................... 3(1)

EDR order.................................................................................................................... 12(1)

Registrar........................................................................................................................ 3(1)