Arbitration of dispute
136 Arbitration of dispute
The Commission may, in arbitration proceedings, do any one or more of the following—
make a recommendation or give a direction to the parties to the industrial dispute,
make or vary an award under Part 1 of Chapter 2,
make a dispute order under Part 2,
make an order or determination with prospective application, whether on an interim or final basis, including an order or determination about the interpretation or application of an industrial instrument for the purposes of resolving the dispute,
make another kind of order it is authorised to make, including on an interim basis.
Any such action may be taken by the Commission on its own initiative or on application by any person authorised to notify the Commission of the industrial dispute.
Note.
Examples of other kinds of orders the Commission may make are orders for secret ballots (section 172), a demarcation order under Part 6 of Chapter 5 and stand-down orders (section 126).
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