Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 102

102 .         Determination of certain matters etc. by Tribunal

        (1)         This section applies where —

            (a)         under section 31BA, 55(6), 55A(4), 56(11), 59(1), 62(1), 67F(1), (2) or (3), 74(2) or 102AA(2) a matter is referred to the Tribunal; or

            (b)         under section 68C a claim is referred to the Tribunal; or

            (c)         under section 52 or 86 a person appeals to the Tribunal.

        (2)         Where this section applies —

            (a)         the matter, claim or appeal may be heard and determined; and

            (b)         a determination made by the Tribunal on the matter, claim or appeal has effect, and may be —

                  (i)         appealed against; and

                  (ii)         enforced,

                as if it were —

            (c)         a matter in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred on the Tribunal by Part VIB of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 ( Part VIB ); or

            (d)         a determination made for the purposes of Part VIB.

        (3)         The provisions of —

            (a)         Part VIB; and

            (b)         the Industrial Relations Act 1979 applied by that Part,

                have effect for the purposes of this section with all necessary changes.

        (4)         In the operation of subsection (3), section 51J(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 has effect as if it were expressed to apply where a matter has been referred to the Tribunal for determination under section 55(6), 55A(4), 56(11), 62(1), 67F or 74(2) of this Act.

        [Section 102 inserted by No. 68 of 2004 s. 83(1); amended by No. 16 of 2008 s. 31.]