146   General functions of Commission

(1)  The Commission has the following functions:

(a)  setting remuneration and other conditions of employment,

(b)  resolving industrial disputes,

(c)  hearing and determining other industrial matters,

(d)  inquiring into, and reporting on, any industrial or other matter referred to it by the Minister,

(e)  functions conferred on it by this or any other Act or law.

(2)  The Commission must take into account the public interest in the exercise of its functions and, for that purpose, must have regard to:

(a)  the objects of this Act, and

(b)  the state of the economy of New South Wales and the likely effect of its decisions on that economy.

This subsection does not apply to proceedings before the Commission in Court Session that are criminal proceedings or that it determines are not appropriate.