AG2002/6711, Transcript of Proceedings [2003] AIRCTrans 515 (14 February 2003)

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS


O/N VT1502

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL

RELATIONS COMMISSION

DEPUTY PRESIDENT IVES

AG2002/6711

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION
OF AGREEMENT

Application under section 170LJ of the Act
by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees
Association - Victorian Branch and Another
for certification of the Target Retail Agreement
2003

MELBOURNE

10.06 AM, FRIDAY, 31 JANUARY 2003

PN1

MS S. BURNLEY: I appear on behalf of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association.

PN2

MS F. WALLISS: I appear on behalf of Target Australia Pty Ltd and with me is MS S. JOHNSTON.

PN3

THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thanks Ms Walliss. Ms Burnley?

PN4

MS BURNLEY: Yes, your Honour, this is an application by the parties to have registered the Target Retail Agreement 2003. It is an agreement that the parties have entered into after consultation with their employees and it is a follow up agreement to the previous registered certified agreement and will replace that retail agreement. The SDA has supplied a statutory declaration to the Commission and we would rely upon that in seeking to certify this agreement. If it pleases the Commission.

PN5

THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thanks, Ms Burnley. Ms Walliss?

PN6

MS WALLISS: Your Honour, we also agree making application for certification under section 170LJ. The agreement is the Target Retail Agreement 2003. All the appropriate documentation as required by rule 48, that is, the form R27 and R28 have been filed with the registry and I seek to rely on the information contained within these statutory declarations. Your Honour, the current agreement expires today and it is the submission of Target Australia Pty Ltd that the retail agreement be certified as operative of tomorrow, 1 February, if possible.

PN7

THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Yes, thank you.

PN8

MS WALLISS: Thank you.

PN9

THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Ms Burnley, you are in agreement with that effective date?

PN10

MS BURNLEY: Yes, your Honour.

PN11

THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Once again I am satisfied that this application and its supporting documentation complies with all relevant requirements of the Act allowing for this agreement to be certified and I will certify the agreement with effect from tomorrow, 1 February.

PN12

The agreement will expire on 31 January 2006. And that is adjourned, thank you.

ADJOURNED INDEFINITELY [10.07am]