EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1983 No 217
Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations (Amendment)
(Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations)
Section 36 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 provides that the Minister may intervene before the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in the public interest in matters arising under sub-section 31(1) , section 34, sub-section 34A(4) or section 35 of the Act (viz: proceedings involving a Full Bench of the Commission).
Sub-regulation 25(4) and paragraphs 27(2)(b) and 28(d) of the Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations require that the Attorney-General be notified of Full Bench hearings, appeals and the hearing of appeals respectively. In accordance with current administrative arrangements and consistent with section 36 of the Act, regulations 1, 2 and 3 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations (Amendment) replace references to the Attorney-General with references to the Minister.