Announcement – Number of copies of applications and related documents
20 December 2019
From the commencement of the law term (3 February 2020) all parties will be required to comply with Industrial Relations Commission Rules 2009;
Rule 2.6 states:
Copies to be filed.
Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, documents filed in proceedings before the Commission must include the following:
| Type of Proceedings | Number of copies |
| General application | original plus one copy (unless the form otherwise requires) |
| Application for award, contract determination or enterprise agreement | original plus two copies |
| Application for relief from unfair dismissal | original plus two copies |
| Dispute notification | original only |
| Prosecution | original plus one copy |
| Appeals | original plus three copies |
| Matters before a full bench | original plus three copies (unless it is known that there are more than three members of the bench, in which case, the same number of copies as there are members of the bench) |
Note.
You will also need a copy for yourself and, if the document has to be served on other parties, enough copies to serve each party plus an additional copy to attach to an affidavit of service.
Failure to comply with the rule may see the Registrar refer a case to a Commissioner for possible remedies under the Civil Procedure Act due to a lack of compliance.
Industrial Registrar