Aveling v UBS Capital Markets Australia Holdings Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 261

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Aveling v UBS Capital Markets Australia Holdings Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 261 revised - 15/10/2004 APPLICANT: Anthony Aveling PARTIES : RESPONDENT: UBS Capital Markets Australia Holdings Ltd FILE NUMBER: IRC 3419 of 2003 CORAM: Wright J President; Walton J Vice-President; Marks J; Boland J; Staff J Unfair contract - Reference to Full Bench - Whether applicant whose salary package exceeds salary cap under s 108A precluded from bringing proceedings pursuant to s 106 of Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Held, application precluded - Nature of power under s 106 - Statutory interpretation - Reference determined - Orders made. CATCHWORDS : Statutory interpretation - Unfair contract - Reference to Full Bench - Whether applicant whose salary package exceeds salary cap under s 108A precluded from bringing proceedings pursuant to s 106 of Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Held, application precluded - Nature of power under s 106 - Reference determined - Orders made. Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 105 s 106 s 108A s 108B s 193 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Amendment (Unfair Contracts) Act 2002 Interpretation Act 1987 s 5 s 30 s 33 s 34 Abbott v Minister of Lands [1895] AC 425 Attorney-General (Qld) v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2002) 213 CLR 485, (2002) 76 ALJR 1502 Bowker v Software Engineers Australia (NSW) Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 213 Browne v Commissioner for Railways (1935) 36 SR (NSW) 21 Burgess v Mount Thorley Operations Pty Ltd (1999) 100 IR 260 Collector of Customs v Albany International Pty Limited (1991) 31 FCR 194 Commander Australia Limited v Kerr [2004] NSWIRComm 74 Commonwealth v SCI Operations Pty Limited (1998) 192 CLR 285 Continental Liqueurs Pty Limited v G F Heublin and Bro Inc (1960) 103 CLR 422 Crowe v UCS Developments Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 234, (2003) 130 IR 266 Director of Public Works v Ho Po Sang [1961] AC 901 Dossett v TKJ Nominees Pty Limited (2003) 78 ALJR 161 Esber v The Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 430 Fisher v Madden (2001) 54 NSWLR 179 Free Lanka Insurance Co Ltd v Ranasinghe [1964] AC 541 CASES CITED : Gerrard v Mayne Nickless Ltd (1996) 135 ALR 494 Hamilton Gell v White [1922] 2 KB 422 Heath v Hanning [1999] NSWSC 719 Kennedy v Contract Transport Solutions Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 158 Larsen v Ondeo Nalco Australia Pty Ltd [2004] NSWIRComm 123 Mathieson v Burton (1971) 124 CLR 1 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 Mullins v Peoplebank Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWIRComm 457 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands (Consolidation) Act and the Western Lands Act (1988) 14 NSWLR 685 R v Judges of Commonwealth Industrial Court, Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union Australian Section (1960) 103 CLR 368 Resort Management Services Limited v Noosa Shire Council [1997] 2 Qd R 291 Robertson v City of Nunawading [1973] VR 819 Shaw v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 78 ALJR 203 Taudevin v Egis Consulting Australia Pty Limited and the Commonwealth (No 1) [2001] NSWIRComm 340 Wright v Hale (1860) 6 H & N 227 Yrttiaho v The Public Curator of Qeensland (1971) 125 CLR 228 HEARING DATES: 03/26/2004; 07/30/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/15/2004