Industrial Relations Act 2016

The jurisdiction conferred on a magistrate by this Act or another Act is exclusive of the jurisdiction of another court or tribunal, unless this or the other Act provides otherwise.

Jurisdiction conferred on a magistrate for the following matters is not exclusive of another court’s jurisdiction—

a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate higher than that fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit or under section 22;

a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate higher than that fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit;

a claim for an employee’s wages payable under an agreement in which wages are payable at a price or rate that is not fixed by a relevant industrial instrument or permit;

a claim for amounts payable, with an employee’s written consent, from an employee’s wages;

a claim for the repayment of a fee received by a private employment agent in contravention of section 346(1) or (2).

In this section—

fee includes charge, expense of any kind and reward.