(1) The Chief Commissioner may, where in his opinion it is appropriate to do so, request the President of the Australian Commission to nominate a member of the Australian Commission to deal with the whole or any part of an industrial matter which has arisen or is threatened or impending.

(2) Where, in accordance with a request under subsection (1), the President of the Australian Commission nominates a member of the Australian Commission, the Chief Commissioner may refer the whole or part of the industrial matter in respect of which the request was made to the member to be inquired into and to be dealt with under this Act by conciliation, by arbitration or by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration, and may, at any time before a decision is made by the member in relation to the industrial matter, revoke the reference.

(3) For the purposes of inquiring into and dealing with the whole or part of an industrial matter that has been referred to him under subsection (2), the member of the Australian Commission may exercise all the powers of the Commission under this Act that are exercisable by a Commissioner or by a constituent authority and in the exercise of those powers shall be deemed to be the Commission.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a decision made by a member of the Australian Commission in relation to an industrial matter referred to him under subsection (2) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be an award, order or declaration as the case may require, made by the Commission under this Act.

[Section 80ZH inserted by No. 94 of 1984 s.47.]