Section 615C — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the President decides to perform a function or exercise a power; and

(b) before the President made that decision, the President had given a direction (the earlier direction) that the function be performed or the power be exercised by a Full Bench or an FWC Member.

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

(3) The President 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 President began to perform the function or exercise the power.

Related sections

• 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 615B — Transfer to a Full Bench from an FWC Member
• 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
• s 617AA — Full Bench and Expert Panel with identical membership

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