Department of the Registrar Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission

Department of the Registrar Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission
Department overview
Formed1989
JurisdictionGovernment of Western Australia
HeadquartersLevel 17, 111 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Susan Bastian, Registrar
Websitewww.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-registrar-western-australian-industrial-relations-commission

The Department of the Registrar Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission is a department of the Government of Western Australia.

The department is responsible for providing the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Industrial Magistrates Court of Western Australia with the infrastructure as well as the human, administrative and financial resources to perform their roles.[1]

The origins of the department date back to 1900, when the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1900 established the Registrar of Friendly Societies as part of the Crown Law Department, with Edgar Theodore Owen appointed as the first registrar. It remained under the Crown Law Department until 1964, when it was moved to the Department of Labour and Industry before becoming its own department as the Department of the Registrar in 1989. In 1995, it moved to its current location at St Georges Terrace in Perth.[2]

Registrars

The department and its predecessors were headed by a registrar:[2]

Chairman Term
Edgar Theodore Owen 1900–1909
Samuel Bennett 1909–1922
Francis Edward Walsh 1922–1939
Reginald Arthur Wood 1939–1949
Joseph Hamilton Bogue 1949–1960
Serventus Cyril Bruce 1960–1963
Raymond Bowyer 1963–1971
Roy Ellis 1971–1981
Keith Scapin 1981–1987
John Carrigg 1987–1997
John Spurling 1997–2011
Susan Bastian 2011–present

References

  1. ^ "About the Department of the Registrar". www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The history of the Department of the Registrar". www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2022.