The FWBI Act provides the Director of FWBC with the power to intervene in court proceedings and make applications or submissions in matters before the Fair Work Commission (FWC). The Director will consider intervening or making applications or submissions in proceedings that involve building work or building industry participants. The Director will use these powers as part of his function to promote a culture of lawful behaviour and ensure standards of conduct in the industry.

In 2015–16, FWBC made 13 submissions on permit applications, 11 applications for revocation of a permit and exercised the power to intervene in an FWC matter on one other occasion.

Table 19 shows the number of submissions and applications made over the reporting period. In 2015–16, FWBC made 13 submissions to the FWC relating to permit applications and 11 applications to the FWC to revoke, suspend or impose conditions on right of entry permits.

Table 20 outlines FWBC's permit applications and permit submissions to the FWC made in 2015–16, by state, venue and category.

In the tables below, a ‘permit application' means that FWBC applied to the FWC to revoke, suspend or have conditions imposed on the existing permit of a union official. A ‘permit submission' means that FWBC provided additional information or an opinion (or both) to the FWC, to be considered when the FWC is deciding whether to issue a permit, having received an application from a union official.