The Commonwealth of Australia Acting through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

[2018] FWCA 1732

[2018] FWCA 1732

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Commonwealth of Australia Acting through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
(AG2017/6429)

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY (GBRMPA) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018-2021

Commonwealth employment
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 23 MARCH 2018

Application for approval of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by The Commonwealth of Australia Acting through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 30 March 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 29 March 2021.

COMMISSIONER

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