Australian Bank Employees Union, Queensland Branch Union of Employees [1993] QIRC 396 (1993) 144 QGIG 471

470 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT IND USTR I AL GAZETTE [29 October , 1993 29 Oc rober , 1993] QUEENSLAND GOV ERNMENT INDUSTRIA L GAZET TE 471 ########################### #### #### ### # ############# QU EE NSLAND I NDU STR IAL RE LATI ONS COMM ISS ION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 212(4) - app lication for consent to al te ra tion in eligibili ty rule Australian Bank Emp l oyees Uni o n, Queensland Branch Union of Em ployees (No . U19 of 1993) CHI EF INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER HALL 13 October 1993 Alteration of eligibility rule - criteria - application granted DECISION By an appli ca tion lodged with the lndumia l Reg ist ra r on 25 June 1993 the Au st ralian Bank Emp loyees Uni on , Queensland Branch Union of Employees seeks co ns ent to the deletion of its ex i sting eligibility rule an d the insertion in li eu thereof of a new rule 5 in th e follow i ng terms:- "5. Conditions of Eligibil ity for Membership 5. I The Union shall consi st of an unli mit ed number of persons, male and fema le, empl oyed or usually employed in or in connection with the indu st ry of banki ng and/or in or in connection with th e ind us try of Credit Unio n s. 5.2 Wit hout in any way l im it ing or be ing limited by rule 5. 1, the union shall al so consi st of suc h other persons, whether or not employees in the i nd ust ries of th e union, as have been elected or appointed full-time officers of the union. 5.3 For t he purposes of ru le 5.2, the full-time officers of the uni on shall be the hol ders for the time being of the follow i ng offices where the duti es of such office are of a full-time nature: Secretary Ass istant Secretary (if any).". The issue oi a certifi cate under the Industrial Relati on s (Protection from Invalidities) Act 1991 in Case No . B341 of 1993 h as removed any basis for argu men t that t he alteration has no t b een made under the Appl i can t's rul es. A ll obj ections have been sett l ed. There is no other Industrial Organi sat ion to wh ich those ma de eligible for membership b ecause of the alterat ion (i .e. cred it union employees) may convenien tly belong. The Applicant w ill con tinue to be an industry-based Industri al O rganisa tion. I con sent to the proposed altera ti on. Dated this th irteenth day of October, 1993. D.R. HALL, Chief Industrial Commissioner. Operative Date: NIA Dec is ion - Alteration in eligibilit y rule Released: 14 October 1993 -- 1 of 1 --