Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:536nk:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 536NK (pt 5/14)
Character Range: 1389554–1392589

on powers of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
Division 4—Miscellaneous
569 Minister's entitlement to intervene
569A State or Territory Minister's entitlement to intervene
570 Costs only if proceedings instituted vexatiously etc.
571 No imprisonment for failure to pay pecuniary penalty
572 Regulations dealing with matters relating to court proceedings
Chapter 5—Administration
Part 5‑1—The Fair Work Commission
Division 1—Introduction
573 Guide to this Part
574 Meanings of employee and employer
Division 2—Establishment and functions of the Fair Work Commission
Subdivision A—Establishment and functions of the Fair Work Commission
575 Establishment of the Fair Work Commission
576 Functions of the FWC
577 Performance of functions etc. by the FWC
578 Matters the FWC must take into account in performing functions etc.
579 FWC has privileges and immunities of the Crown
580 Protection of FWC Members
Subdivision B—Functions and powers of the President
581 Functions of the President
581A Dealing with a complaint about an FWC Member
581B Code of Conduct
582 Directions by the President
583 President not subject to direction
584 Delegation of functions and powers of the President
Subdivision C—Protection of persons involved in handling etc. complaints about FWC Members
584B Protection of persons involved in handling etc. complaints about FWC Members
Division 3—Conduct of matters before the FWC
Subdivision A—Applications to the FWC
585 Applications in accordance with procedural rules
586 Correcting and amending applications and documents etc.
587 Dismissing applications
588 Discontinuing applications
Subdivision B—Conduct of matters before the FWC
589 Procedural and interim decisions
590 Powers of the FWC to inform itself
591 FWC not bound by rules of evidence and procedure
592 Conferences
593 Hearings
594 Confidential evidence
595 FWC's power to deal with disputes
Subdivision C—Representation by lawyers and paid agents and Minister's entitlement to make submissions
596 Representation by lawyers and paid agents
597 Minister's entitlement to make submissions
597A State or Territory Minister's entitlement to make submissions
Subdivision D—Decisions of the FWC
598 Decisions of the FWC
599 FWC not required to decide an application in terms applied for
600 Determining matters in the absence of a person
601 Writing and publication requirements for the FWC's decisions
602 Correcting obvious errors etc. in relation to the FWC's decisions
602A Validation of approval of enterprise agreement
602B Validation of approval of variation of enterprise agreement
603 Varying and revoking the FWC's decisions
Subdivision E—Appeals, reviews and referring questions of law
604 Appeal of decisions
605 Minister's entitlement to apply for review of a decision
606 Staying decisions that are appealed or reviewed
607 Process for appealing or reviewing decisions
608 Referring questions of law to the Federal Court
Subdivision F—Miscellaneous
609 Procedural rules
610 Regulations dealing with any FWC