Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00497:section:55
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00497
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 55
Character Range: 50766–51744

55  Inquiries into elections

 (1) Where:
 (a) an application for an inquiry into an election was lodged under section 159 of the previous Act before the commencement; and
 (b) at the commencement, the inquiry had not been instituted, but the application had not been refused under section 160 of the previous Act;
the Industrial Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement, refer the application to the Court, which shall deal with the application as if it had been lodged with the Court under section 218 of the Industrial Relations Act.

 (2) An inquiry into an election instituted before the commencement shall be dealt with after the commencement as if the application for the inquiry had been made under section 218 of the Industrial Relations Act.

 (3) Section 218 of the Industrial Relations Act applies in relation to an election held before the commencement in relation to which an application was not made under section 159 of the previous Act.