GENERAL PROTECTIONS – extension of time – ss.365, 366 Fair Work Act 2009 – application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal – application for extension of time due to exceptional circumstances – applicant attempted to lodge application within 21 days via email – application not received, possibly due to outage in Commission email system – Commission considered meaning of ‘exceptional circumstances’ in Nulty – must be out of the ordinary course, need not be unique or unprecedented – Commission accepted action taken to dispute the dismissal – found applicant’s circumstances exceptional – if application received when lodged it would have been within time – application granted. Riley v Outside School Hours Care UT P/L t/a Outside School Care NT
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