Fire Brigade Employees’ Union of NSW v Fire And Rescue NSW [2020] NSWIRComm 1022

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Fire Brigade Employees' Union of NSW v Fire And Rescue NSW [2020] NSWIRComm 1022 Hearing dates: 20 November 2018 Date of orders: 09 April 2020 Decision date: 09 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Chief Commissioner Kite SC Decision: Pursuant to s 175 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 the Commission determines that, for the purposes of clause 6.4 of the Crown Employees (Fire and Rescue NSW Retained Firefighting Staff) Award 2017:

1) the word "unit" means the brigade of which the unit trainer is a member; and 2) the term "regular station drills" means the drills that brigade is required to conduct in compliance with cll 6.5.2.2 and 28.1.2 of the award. Catchwords: AWARD – interpretation - Legislation Cited: Fire Brigades Act 1989 (NSW) Industrial Relations Act 1996 Cases Cited: City of Wanneroo v Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union [2006] FCA 813; (2006) 153 IR 426 George A. Bond & Co Ltd (in liq) v McKenzie [1929] AR (NSW) 498 Health Services Union New South Wales and Ambulance Service of New South Wales [2017] NSWIRComm 1057 Kucks v CSR Ltd (1996) 66 IR 182 Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales v Secretary of the Treasury [2014] NSWIRComm 23 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fire Brigade Employees' Union of NSW (Notifier) Fire And Rescue NSW (Respondent) Representation: Representation: J Nolan, of counsel and G Lawrence (Notifier) D Dinnen and P Lenehan (Respndent) File Number(s): 2018/00183115