Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1979 - SECT 97WZ

97WZ .         Approval of representative

        (1)         Where an application is made under section 97WV, the Registrar must make an order approving the proposed representative if he or she is satisfied that —

            (a)         the application is not one that is prohibited by section 97WS(1);

            (b)         section 97WW has been complied with; and

            (c)         the proposed representative —

                  (i)         satisfies the requirements of section 97WY; and

                  (ii)         consents to the application.

        (2)         The Registrar is to rely on the certificate given under section 97WW(3) and it is not his or her function to be satisfied —

            (a)         that the person with a mental disability is a person to whom section 97WV applies; or

            (b)         that the certificate has been correctly given.

        (3)         The Registrar must give notice in writing of the making of an order under subsection (1) within 7 days after it is made to —

            (a)         the represented person, the applicant (if he or she was not the represented person) and the representative; and

            (b)         the Public Advocate.

        [Section 97WZ inserted by No. 20 of 2002 s. 4; amended by No. 55 of 2004 s. 469(8).]