Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia

[2021] FWCA 1155

[2021] FWCA 1155

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia
(AG2021/3977)

ADVANCE FIRE TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD AND CEPU PLUMBING DIVISION FIRE SERVICES UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2019 - 2022

Fire fighting services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 3 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the Advance Fire Technology Pty Ltd and CEPU Plumbing Division Fire Services Union Collective Agreement 2019 - 2022.

[1] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Advance Fire Technology Pty Ltd and CEPU Plumbing Division Fire Services Union Collective Agreement 2019 - 2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. Pursuant to s 185(3)(b), I consider it fair in all the circumstances to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[3] The CEPU, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 3 March 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 10 March 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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