WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

PARTIES WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE UNION OF WORKERS

APPLICANT

-and-

(Not applicable)

RESPONDENT

CORAM FULL BENCH

The Honourable J H Smith, Acting President

Chief Commissioner P E Scott

Senior Commissioner S J Kenner

DATE Friday, 17 August 2018

FILE NO/S FBM 4 OF 2018

CITATION NO. 2018 WAIRC 00691

Result Declaration issued

Appearances

Applicant Mr R French, of counsel, and with him Mr A Clare, of counsel

Declaration

This matter having come on for hearing before the Full Bench on 17 August 2018, and having heard Mr R French, of counsel, and with him Mr A Clare, of counsel, on behalf of the applicant, the Full Bench being of the opinion upon the evidence that the rules of the applicant and its counterpart Federal body, relating to the qualifications of persons for membership of each such body are substantially the same, and the Full Bench also being of the opinion that the rules of the counterpart Federal body prescribing the offices which exist in the branch are the same in this respect as the rules of the applicant, it is this day, 17 August 2018, declared as follows:

(1) The rules of the applicant and its counterpart Federal body relating to the qualifications of persons for membership are deemed to be the same, in accordance with s 71(2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (the Act).

(2) The rules of the counterpart Federal body prescribing the offices which exist in the branch are hereby deemed to be the same as the rules of the applicant, prescribing the offices which exist in the applicant, in accordance with s 71(4) of the Act.

By the Full Bench

ACTING PRESIDENT