2015-07-21 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA       21 JULY 2015



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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  21 JULY 2015

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           Mr Brett de Chastel
           Chief Executive Officer
           Noosa Shire Council
           PO Box 41
           Tewantin, OLD 4565

           Dear Mr de Chastel,
           Re: Trading Hours Application, South-East Queensland - Council's views requested
           The National Retail Association Limited, Union of Employers (NRA), has made Application to the
           Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (the Commission) under the Trading (Allowable Hours)
           Act 1990 (the Act) to, as the NRA describes it, "... merge as many different (trading hours’) zones as
           possible, within South-East Queensland, into a single, harmonised area with one set of rules, with
           consistent allowable hours from Monday through to Saturday ...".
           A copy of the Application (Matter No. TH/2014/23), together with a map of the current South-East
           Queensland Trading Hours zone, is attached for your information.
           NRA's Application is listed for a lengthy hearing before a Full Bench of the Commission in
           September 2015.   When considering NRA's Application, section 26(h) of the Act requires the
           Commission to “have regard to ,.. the view of any local Governments in whose area the Order is
           likely to have an impact."
           Accordingly, given that your Council's area is likely to be impacted by any decision the Commission
           might make in respect of NRA's Application, (i.e, to grant it or to refuse it or to grant it in part), the
           views of Noosa Shire Council on the Application are requested by the Full Bench of the Commission
           hearing the matter, in writing, by close of business on Friday 7 August 2015.
           Such view should be forwarded to myself for distribution to the Full Bench as well as to all interested
           bodies who have been granted leave to appear in the proceedings.
           Yours faithfully,

           C, R. Chadwick,
           Deputy Industrial Registrar
           2 June 2015.

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