Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) While the FWC is constituted by a Full Bench, the FWC Members on the Full Bench have seniority according to the following order:
(a) the President;
(aa) the Vice Presidents, according to the days on which their appointments as Vice Presidents took effect;
(ab) if 2 appointments as Vice Presidents took effect on the same day--the Vice Presidents, according to the precedence assigned to them in their instruments of appointment;
(b) the Deputy Presidents, according to the days on which their appointments as Deputy Presidents took effect;
(c) if 2 or more appointments as Deputy Presidents took effect on the same day--the Deputy Presidents, according to the precedence assigned to them in their instruments of appointment.
(2) The FWC Member on a Full Bench who has seniority under this section is responsible for managing the Full Bench in performing functions and exercising powers of the FWC.
Note: The FWC Member who has seniority also has a deciding vote if there is no majority (see subsection 618(4)).