DECISION
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
s.159-Alteration of other rules of organisation
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal,
Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia
(R2013/151)
MR ENRIGHT MELBOURNE, 10 JANUARY 2014
Alteration of other rules of organisation.
[1] On 19 December 2013, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy,
Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (the CEPU) lodged
with the Fair Work Commission a notice and declaration setting out particulars of alterations
to the rules of the Communications Division of the CEPU (the Divisional Rules).
[2] The particulars provide for the insertion of new rules 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F into
the Divisional Rules. The alterations were made for the purpose of complying with provisions
of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Act 2012 (the Amendment Act)
regarding the rules of registered organisations. In particular, the alterations provide for
specified disclosures, the implementation of policies relating to expenditure and the
mandatory training of officers with duties that relate to the financial management of the
organisation.
[3] The particulars also provide for alterations to rules 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 30, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 47A, 50, 55, 59, 60, 62, 65, 66, 67, 75, 76, 76A, 86 and 90,
and the deletion of rules 8, 34A, 42B, 91 and the Schedule, of the Divisional Rules which
were not made for the purpose of complying with, or pertain to, the relevant provisions of the
Amendment Act.
[4] On the information contained in the notice, I am satisfied the alterations have been
made under the rules of the organisation.
[5] In my opinion, the alterations comply with and are not contrary to the Fair Work
(Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (the RO Act), the Amendment Act, the Fair Work Act
2009, modern awards and enterprise agreements, and are not otherwise contrary to law. I
certify accordingly under subsection 159(1) of the RO Act.