ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 4507

[2013] FWCA 4507

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd
(AG2013/6132)

ASP SHIP MANAGEMENT PTY LTD - AMOU BUNKER-TANKER W.A. GREENFIELDS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Maritime industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 10 JULY 2013

Application for approval of the ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd - AMOU Bunker-Tanker W.A. Greenfields Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] On 22 April 2013 ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd made an application for approval of the ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd - AMOU Bunker-Tanker W.A. Greenfields Enterprise Agreement 2013 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise greenfields agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declaration made on behalf of the Australian Maritime Officers’ Union (AMOU) which I note will be covered by the Agreement.

[4] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In accordance with s. 187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the AMOU is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[5] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 17 July 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

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