The
Industrial Relations Court of Australia (IRCA) is a superior
court of law and equity, established by the Australian
Parliament under the Industrial Relations Reform Act
1993 which amended the Industrial Relations Act
1988. It is equal in status to other national superior
courts such as the Federal Court of Australia and the
Family Court of Australia. It consists of a Chief Justice
and as many other Judges as hold office under the Industrial
Relations Act 1988.As
a consquence of the Workplace Relations and other Legislation
Amendment Act 1996, the Court's jurisdiction has been
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.
Judges
All Judges of the Industrial Relations
Court of Australia also hold concurrent commissions as
Judges of the Federal Court of Australia.
Under the Workplace Relations
and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, the Judges of
the Industrial Relations Court each retain that office
until they resign or retire.
List
of recent cases - the last proceeding of this Court was finalised in 2005-2006.
Annual reports
The Industrial Relations Court of Australia's
1996/97 to 2005/06 Annual
reports are available for downloading.
As all proceedings have been finalised the last annual report to be produced was 2005/06.
Note that in some cases appendices
have been omitted to reduce the size of the document.
