Med Gas Systems Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 1775

[2021] FWCA 1775

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Med Gas Systems Pty Ltd
(AG2021/4321)

MED GAS SYSTEMS PTY LTD AND CEPU – PLUMBING DIVISION VICTORIAN BRANCH ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019 – 2023

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 31 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the Med Gas Systems Pty Ltd and CEPU – Plumbing Division Victorian Branch Enterprise Agreement 2019 – 2023.

[1] Med Gas Systems Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Med Gas Systems Pty Ltd and CEPU – Plumbing Division Victorian Branch Enterprise Agreement 2019 – 2023 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement. 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.

[2] 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 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, 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 31 March 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 7 April 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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