Section 615B — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the President gives a direction referred to in section 615 or 615A that a function be performed or a power be exercised by a Full Bench; and

(b) before the President gave the direction, the President had given a direction (the earlier direction) to an FWC Member to perform the function or exercise the power.

(2) The President is taken to have revoked the earlier direction.

(3) The Full Bench must, when performing the function or exercising the power, take into account:

(a) everything that occurred before the FWC; and

(b) everything that the FWC did;

in relation to the matter before the Full Bench began to perform the function or exercise the power.

Related sections

• s 614 — Review of decisions by a Full Bench
• s 615 — The President may direct a Full Bench to perform function etc.
• s 615A — When the President must direct a Full Bench to perform function etc.
• s 615C — Transfer to the President from an FWC Member or a Full Bench
• s 616 — FWC’s functions etc. that must be performed by a Full Bench
• s 617 — FWC’s functions etc. that must be performed by an Expert Panel

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