Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts32A.(1) Where a private employment agent has received any amount by way of
fee, charge, expenses or reward from an applicant employee in contravention of
section 32, an industrial magistrate may, upon application made to the
industrial magistrate by that applicant employee, order the private employment
agent to pay to the applicant employee the amount so received.
(1A) The
industrial magistrate may by the order impose such terms and conditions with
respect to payment of the amount ordered to be paid and may award costs in the
industrial magistrate's discretion and access the amount of cost so awarded.
(2) Upon conviction of a private employment agent for an offence that involves
the receipt by the agent from an applicant employee of any fee, charge,
expenses or reward in contravention of section 32, the industrial magistrate
may, in addition to imposing a penalty, order payment by the defendant to the
applicant employee concerned of any fee, charge, expenses or reward so
received.
(3) An order made by an industrial magistrate in accordance with this section whether upon application or by way of a proceeding for an offence shall be enforceable as if it were an order made by an industrial magistrate sitting as a Magistrates Court and the provisions of the Justices Act 1886 shall apply and extend accordingly.