Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd - Newcastle BHP Steelworks Enterprise Consent Award [2008] NSWIRComm 1012

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd - Newcastle BHP Steelworks Enterprise Consent Award [2008] NSWIRComm 1012

Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd PARTIES: Australian Industry Group, New South Wales Branch Australian Workers Union, New South Wales

FILE NUMBER(S): 1627 of 2007

CORAM: Macdonald C

CATCHWORDS: Award Review - s 19 of the Act - consent of the parties - award reviewed and rescinded

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

CASES CITED: Principles for Review of Awards - State Decision (1998) 85 IR 38

HEARING DATES: 26/11/07

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 25 January 2008

Mr S Crawford Australian Workers Union, Greater New South Wales

DECISION: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: MACDONALD C

25 January 2008

Matter No IRC 1627 of 2007

Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd - Newcastle BHP Steelworks Enterprise Consent Award - Notice of Award Review pursuant to section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996

DECISION

[2008] NSWIRComm 1012

1 This Decision arises from a notice of review generated on 17 September 2007 by the Industrial Registrar, pursuant to s 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 ("the Act").

The award subject to the notice of review is the Daracon Engineering Pty Ltd - Newcastle BHP Steelworks Enterprise Consent Award ("the Award"). 2 The Commission received correspondence from Australian Industry Group (dated 22 November 2007) advising that the Award was enterprise based and had not been utilised for at least the last five years. Further, it was advised that the BHP Newcastle Steelworks site no longer operated or existed.