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.
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.
Registrars The department and its predecessors were headed by a registrar: 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
External links Government of Western Australia website Department of the Registrar Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission