(1) If in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner it is appropriate to do so, the Commission may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, exercise, in the presence of ¾

(a) the Australian Commission;

(b) the parties to an industrial dispute in relation to which the Australian Commission is exercising power; and

(c) any witness summoned by the Australian Commission,

any of the powers of the Commission that are exercisable by it in relation to an industrial matter.

(2) Where the Commission is exercising, as provided by subsection (1), in relation to an industrial matter, any of the powers of the Commission that are exercisable by it, it may, without limiting the generality of section 26(1)(a) and (b), have regard to any evidence given, in its presence and in the presence of the parties to the industrial matter, to the Australian Commission, being evidence that is relevant to the exercise of those powers.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prevent the Commission from exercising powers in relation to an industrial matter in the presence of any person other than the Australian Commission or a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) or (c).

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