New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees Union and New South Wales Brigades [2003] NSWIRComm 55

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees Union and New South Wales Brigades [2003] NSWIRComm 55 APPLICANT New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees Union PARTIES : RESPONDENT New South Wales Fire Brigades FILE NUMBER: IRC 4430 of 2002 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Award Interpretation - Whether terms of an award required an employee to be reimbursed for a fee charged for early discharge of a mortgage - Held fee reimbursable LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Bryce v Apperley (1998) 82 IR 448 CASES CITED : City of Wanneroo v Michael Lindsay Holmes (1989) 30 IR 362 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1981) 147 CLR 297 Geo A Bond & Co Ltd (in liq) v McKenzie [1929] AR (NSW) 498 HEARING DATES: 12/03/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/10/2003

APPLICANT Mr G Maniatis New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees Union LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Ms J Duncan and Superintendent Messenger New South Wales Fire Brigades

JUDGMENT: - 10 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: Boland J Date: 10 March, 2003 Matter No IRC 4430 of 2002

NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 130 BY NEW SOUTH WALES FIRE BRIGADE EMPLOYEES UNION OF A DISPUTE WITH NSW FIRE BRIGADES RE: REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS DECISION [2003] NSWIRComm 55