AG2001/3851, Transcript of Proceedings [2001] AIRCTrans 2119 (29 August 2001)

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AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL

RELATIONS COMMISSION

COMMISSIONER WILKS

AG2001/3851

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION
OF AGREEMENT

APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 170LL OF THE ACT
BY CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND
ENERGY UNION - MINING AND ENERGY DIVISION -
SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICT BRANCH FOR
CERTIFICATION OF THE GIBSON'S COLLIERY
CERTIFIED AGREEMENT 2001

SYDNEY

10.48 AM, WEDNESDAY, 8 AUGUST 2001

Adjourned sine die

PN1

THE COMMISSIONER: Could I have the appearances, please?

PN2

MS L. DOUST: Thank you, Commissioner. I appear for the CFMEU.

PN3

MR K. SINGER: Commissioner, I represent and appear for Thin Seam Mining Pty Limited.

PN4

THE COMMISSIONER: Thank you. Yes, Ms Doust?

PN5

MS DOUST: Commissioner, this is an application for certification of a Greenfields Agreement pursuant to section 170LL of the Act. You should have on the file the statutory declarations made by Mr Graham White from the CFMEU and also from Mr Earl Cook from Thin Seam Mining Pty Limited. We ask that the Commission certify the Gibson's Colliery Certified Agreement, July 2001.

PN6

THE COMMISSIONER: Where is Gibson's Colliery, as a matter of interest?

PN7

MS DOUST: Russell Vale, Commissioner.

PN8

THE COMMISSIONER: Do you have anything to say, Mr Singer?

PN9

MR SINGER: No, Commissioner.

PN10

THE COMMISSIONER: All right; thank you. This is an application under section 170LL of the Act for the certification of an agreement to which Thin Seam Mining Pty Limited and the Construction, Forest, Mining and Energy Union are parties. Having read the agreement and having examined the supporting documentation and in light of the submissions this morning I'm satisfied that the application meets the requirements of the relevant section of the Act and the rules and accordingly I certify the agreement.

PN11

The agreement will be known as the Gibson's Colliery Certified Agreement, July 2001. The agreement will come into force from today's date and it will remain in force for a period of three years. I'll issue a certificate to that effect and place it on the file. These positions are adjourned accordingly.

PN12

MS DOUST: Thank you, Commissioner.

ADJOURNED INDEFINITELY [10:52am]