TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

Industrial Relations Act 1984
s55 application for filing an industrial agreement 

Minister Administering the State Service Act (2000)

and 

Australian Medical Association, Tasmania Limited
(T14067 of 2013)

Tasmanian Visiting Medical Practitioners (Public Sector) Agreement 2013

ACTING PRESIDENT N WELLS
	HOBART, 5 June 2013	

Industrial agreement – application approved – operative date 1/7/12 until 30/06/14 – forwarded to Registrar for registration

DECISION

[1]	On 4 June 2013, the Minister administering the State Service Act 2000, (MASSA), lodged with the Registrar, pursuant to Section 55(2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1984, the Tasmanian Visiting Medical Practitioners (Public Sector) Agreement 2013.

[2]	At the hearing on 5 June 2013 Mr M Double appeared for the Minister Administering the State Service Act 2000 with Ms J King and Mr T Steven appeared for the Australian Medical Association, Tasmania Limited (AMA).

[3]	Mr Steven submitted that the AMA had, in 2011, reviewed its constitution which resulted in a name change.  He advised they had previously been known as the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Medical Association, but were now known as the Australia Medical Association, Tasmania Limited.

[4]	Mr Double articulated that the agreement contained in this application was essentially unchanged from the previous 2009 agreement save and accept the wages, some minor wording changes and clause 14 of the agreement headed “Extra Hours”.  Mr Double also put on the record some exclusions as related to the “Extra Hours” clause. 

[5]	Mr Double also confirmed that the wages and entitlements within the agreement were to be effective from 1 July 2012 and that the agreement met the public interest test.

[6]	Mr Steven concurred with the submissions of the applicant and also submitted that this agreement was very much in the public interest.

[7]	I am satisfied that the agreement is consistent with the public interest requirements of the Act, and does not disadvantage the employees concerned.

[8]	Pursuant to s55(4), the Agreement is approved from 1 July 2012 and shall remain in force until 30 June 2014.

[9]	The file will now be referred to the Registrar for registration in accordance with the requirements of Section 56(1) of the Act.

N Wells
Acting President 

Appearances:
Mr M Double and Ms J King – MASSA
Mr T Steven – AMA, Tasmania Limited

Date and place of hearing:
2013
June 5
Hobart