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10.—(1) A registry is established for the tribunals.

(2) The Registry keeps all records of the tribunals.

Registrar, deputy registrars, assistant registrars and other officers

11.—(1) The registrar of the State Courts is the registrar for the tribunals.

(2) The Chief Justice may appoint deputy registrars, assistant registrars and other officers for the tribunals to assist the registrar for the tribunals in the administration of this Part and the Registry.

(3) To the extent authorised by this Act or by Rules of Court made under section 33, the jurisdiction and powers of a tribunal may be exercised by the registrar for the tribunals.

(4) All the powers and duties of the registrar for the tribunals may be exercised and performed by a deputy registrar or an assistant registrar for the tribunals. Division 2—Jurisdiction of tribunals Jurisdiction of tribunal to hear and determine claims

12.—(1) Subject to this Act, a tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine any claim in relation to which all applicable requirements set out in subsections (2) to (7) are satisfied, regardless whether the dispute giving rise to the claim arose before, on or after the date of commencement of this section.

(2) The claim must be made—
 * (a) by an employee who is prescribed or belongs to a prescribed class of employees (or a person entitled under any written law to receive the amount claimed in place of the employee) against the employer of the employee;
 * (b) by an employee who is prescribed or belongs to a prescribed class of employees (or a person entitled under any written law to receive the amount claimed in place of the employee)