INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
PRACTICE DIRECTION
No 15
Filing of Awards
in Computer-Readable Format under Rule 32
(Pursuant to Rule 89
of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996)
1. The purposes of
this Practice Direction are:
(a) to facilitate
the processing of Awards and Contract Determinations of the Industrial
Relations Commission of New South Wales by emphasising and giving effect to the
requirements of Rule 32 of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules 1996; and
(b) to provide
guidance for Members of the Commission and applicants appearing before the
Commission on the steps necessary to ensure that Awards made by the Commission
are publicly available in a timely manner and thus readily enforceable.
2. This Practice
Direction shall come into force 14 days after publication in the Industrial
Gazette. This Practice Direction should
be read in conjunction with Practice Direction No. 16 - Filing of Documents in
Computer Readable Format.
3. For the
purposes of this Practice Direction
'award' includes a contract determination.
'application for award' includes an application to vary
an award, an application to rescind an award, an application for a contract
determination or a contract agreement, and an application for an enterprise
agreement.
"computer-readable format" means an
electronic version of a document in such medium and in such format as to be
compatible with, and readable by, the computer system of the Industrial
Relations Commission of New South Wales from time to time and/or as specified
by the Industrial Registrar or the Registrar's delegate from time to time.
"compatible with, and readable by" requires
that documents be filed (on either diskette or CD-ROM) in any version of
Microsoft Word (DOC) or
Rich Text Format (RTF)
and in relation to any annexures or attachments to
documents (which cannot be provided in the above formats)
Tagged Image Format (TIF)
Graphical Image Format (GIF) and
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG) are acceptable.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is not an acceptable
format
4. Unless a
Member of the Commission makes a specific direction otherwise at the time of
making, varying or rescinding an award, the applicant party shall file a copy
of the award, award variation or notice of recision in a computer readable format within 7 days
of the making, varying or rescinding of the Award.
5. The Member of
the Commission who has made, varied or rescinded the award shall, within 14
days of determining the matter, cause to be forwarded to the Industrial Registrar the file in
respect of the matter except where the file is still current (for example, an
interim award), in which case the Member's staff shall forward copies of
relevant extracts from the file sufficient to enable that award to be settled
and published in the Industrial Gazette.
Dated:
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5 November 2004
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F L Wright, J
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President.
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