INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
PRACTICE NOTE NO. 15
First Issue Date:
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5 November 2004
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Re-Issue Date:
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1 February 2010
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Re-issued pursuant to Section 185A of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 and Section 15 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005.
Filing of Awards
in Computer-Readable Format under Rule 6.3
1. The purposes of
this Practice Note are:
(a) to facilitate
the processing of Awards and Contract Determinations of the Industrial
Relations Commission of New South Wales by emphasising and giving effect to the
requirements of Rule 6.3 of the Industrial Relations Commission Rules 2009; and
(b) to provide
guidance for Members of the Commission and applicants appearing before the
Commission on the steps necessary to ensure that Awards made by the Commission
are publicly available in a timely manner and thus readily enforceable.
2. This Practice
Note has effect from the date of re-issue. This Practice Note should be read in
conjunction with Practice Note No. 16 - Filing of Documents in Computer
Readable Format.
3. For the
purposes of this Practice Note
'award' includes a contract determination.
'application for award' includes an application to vary
an award, an application to rescind an award, an application for a contract
determination or a contract agreement, and an application for an enterprise
agreement.
"computer-readable format" means an
electronic version of a document in such medium and in such format as to be
compatible with, and readable by, the computer system of the Industrial
Relations Commission of New South Wales from time to time and/or as specified
by the Industrial Registrar or the Registrar's delegate from time to time.
"compatible with, and readable by" requires
that documents be filed (on either diskette or CD-ROM) in any version of
Microsoft Word (DOC) or
Rich Text Format (RTF)
and in relation to any annexures or attachments to
documents (which cannot be provided in the above formats)
Tagged Image Format (TIF)
Graphical Image Format (GIF) and
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG)
are acceptable.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is not an acceptable
format
4. Unless a Member
of the Commission makes a specific direction otherwise at the time of making,
varying or rescinding an award, the applicant party shall file a copy of the
award, award variation or notice of recision in a computer readable format
within 7 days of the making, varying or rescinding of the Award.
5. The Member of
the Commission who has made, varied or rescinded the award shall, within 14
days of determining the matter, cause to be forwarded to the Industrial
Registrar the file in respect of the matter except where the file is still
current (for example, an interim award), in which case the Member's staff shall
forward copies of relevant extracts from the file sufficient to enable that
award to be settled and published in the Industrial Gazette.
Boland J, President
1 February 2010
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.