Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, the Commission may in respect of a public authority and its employees, on
application by the Minister, UnionsWA or an organisation with sufficient
interest in the matter —
(a) make
a General Order or General Orders with respect to one or more of the
following —
(i)
suspension from duty in employment;
(ii)
discipline in employment;
(iii)
dismissal from employment; and
(iv)
termination of employment,
and with respect to
any matter related thereto; and
(b) add
to, vary or rescind any General Order so made.
(2) A General Order
referred to in subsection (1) may be made so as to apply
to —
(a)
public authorities and their employees generally;
(b) a
specified public authority or specified public authorities and its or their
employees;
(c)
public authorities and their employees bound by a specified award or specified
awards;
(d) a
specified class of employees employed in a public authority or public
authorities.
(3) In
subsection (2) specified means specified in the General Order.
(4) A General Order in
relation to a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall not be made
so as to apply to —
(a) any
employee whose conditions of employment may not be determined by the
Commission;
(b) any
employee in relation to whom —
(i)
there is provision, however expressed, by or under any
other Act for or in relation to that matter; and
(ii)
there is provision by or under that other Act for an
appeal in that matter;
or
(c) any
member of the academic staff of a post-secondary education institution.
(5) A General Order
referred to in subsection (1) shall not be made under
subsection (2)(c) so as to apply to any employee covered by an award
where an organisation that is a party to that award does not consent to the
General Order being so made.
[Section 51A inserted by No. 94 of 1984
s. 33; amended by No. 53 of 2011 s. 48.]