Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd t/a Tasports

[2020] FWCA 2461

[2020] FWCA 2461

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd t/a Tasports
(AG2020/1175)

TASPORTS TOWAGE (TUG MASTERS AND DECKHANDS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Maritime industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 11 MAY 2020

Application for approval of the TasPorts Towage (Tug Masters and Deckhands) Enterprise Agreement 2019

[1] Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd t/a Tasports has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the TasPorts Towage (Tug Masters and Deckhands) Enterprise Agreement 2019 (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 statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The Australian Maritime Officers’ Union and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have each given notice under s 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the statutory declarations provided by these organisations, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 11 May 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 18 May 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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