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RULES OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO.154

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 154

Amendment of the Rules of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission

(Issued by the Authority of the President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission)

Section 48 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 (the Act) authorises the making of the Rules of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (the Commission).

Under subsection 48(1) of the Act the President of the Commission by signed instrument, after consultation with Members of the Commission, may make rules not inconsistent with the Act, with respect to:

a) the practice and procedure to be followed in the Commission; or

b) the conduct of business of the Commission; and in particular:

c) the manner in which, and the time within, applications, submissions and objections may be made to the Commission; and

d) the manner in which applications, submissions and objections may be dealt with by the Commission.

The President of the Commission, after consultation with Members of the Commission, has made amendments to the Rules to the following effect:

Rule 1 provides for the amendment of the Rules.

Rule 2 substitutes a new paragraph 30A(1)(b) and requires an application for the certification of an agreement that applies only to a single business, part of a single business or a single place of work to be accompanied by an original of the memorandum of the agreement signed by the parties to the agreement together with three copies for the use of the Industrial Registry and sufficient additional copies to enable the Industrial Registry to provide a copy of the agreement to each party in the event of certification by the Commission.

Rule 3 substitutes a new paragraph 30AA(1)(b) and requires an application for the certification of an agreement that does not only apply to a single business, part of a single business or a single place of work to be accompanied by an original of the memorandum of the agreement signed by the parties to the agreement together with three copies for the use of the Industrial Registry and sufficient additional copies to enable the Industrial Registry to provide a copy of the agreement to each party in the event of certification by the Commission

Rule 4 substitutes new wording to the preamble in Form R6AA reflecting the new requirements of paragraph 30A(1)(b). Rule 30A requires each party to an agreement that applies only to a single business, part of a single business or a single place of work to lodge with the application a statutory declaration in accordance with Form R6AA.