The Court provides operational support
for the Australian Competition Tribunal, Copyright Tribunal,
Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal and Federal Police
Disciplinary Tribunal. This support includes the provision
of registry services to accept and process documents for
tribunal proceedings, collect tribunal fees (where payable),
list matters for hearing, and to otherwise assist in the
management and determination of proceedings.
As a consquence of the Workplace
Relations and other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, the
jurisdiction of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia
was transferred to other Courts, mainly the Federal Court
of Australia. On 25 May 1997 the staff and resources of
the Industrial Relations Court of Australia were transferred
to the Federal Court of Australia. Despite the transfer
of jurisdiction, the Industrial Relations Court of Australia
continues to exist at law until the last of its judges
resigns or retires from office.
