TRANSPORT INDUSTRY - QUARRIED MATERIALS, &C., CARRIERS CONTRACT DETERMINATION

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by the Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, an association of contract carriers.

 

(No. IRC3807 of 2000)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Insert after subclause (v) of clause 2, Cartage Rates, of the determination published 14 August 1992 (271 I.G. 78), as varied, the following new subclauses:

 

(vi)       Where:

 

(a)        a carrier performs a contract of carriage within the area, incidence and duration of this determination; and

 

(b)        the carrier is eligible to claim a rebate pursuant to the Commonwealth Government's Diesel and Alternative Fuel Grant Scheme ("the scheme") for that contract of carriage; and

 

(c)        the carrier has been requested to apply for the rebate pursuant to the scheme by the principal contractor;

 

the principal contractor may reduce the cartage rates payable in Annexure "A" of this determination up to a maximum reduction of 4.46% of the rate otherwise payable to the carrier for the performance of that contract of carriage.

 

(vii)      Should a carrier become ineligible to claim a rebate pursuant to the scheme or the scheme is abolished then the principal contractor shall not be permitted to reduce the cartage rates pursuant to subclause 2(vi).

 

(viii)     Should the scheme be abolished, altered or modified, leave is reserved to the parties to make application in relation to subclauses 2(vi) and (vii).

 

2.          Delete Schedule 1 - Quantity/Distance and Hourly Hire Rates, Annexure "A" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

ANNEXURE "A"

 

CARTAGE RATES

 

SCHEDULE 1 - QUANTITY/DISTANCE AND HOURLY HIRE RATES

 

Symbol	Item	Rate $	Unit
F.F.	Flag Fall	2.883	Per Tonne
A		0.169	Per Tonne
B		0.155	Per Tonne
C		0.145	Per Tonne
D		0.131	Per Tonne
E		0.123	Per Tonne
F		0.116	Per Tonne
G		0.111	Per Tonne
H	Large Material	0.867	Per Tonne
I	Large Material 600 + Material	1.467	Per Tonne
Hourly rates for non-permitted vehicles involved in external dumping
J	2 Axle Vehicle	39.72	Per Hour
K	3 Axle Vehicle	47.82	Per Hour
L	4 Axle Vehicle	55.44	Per Hour
M	5 Axle Vehicle	71.44	Per Hour
N	6 Axle Vehicle	75.55	Per Hour
Hourly rates for vehicles involved in internal dumping
O	2 Axle Vehicle	52.55	Per Hour
P	3 Axle Vehicle	54.98	Per Hour
Q	4 Axle Vehicle	63.75	Per Hour
R	5 Axle Vehicle	82.17	Per Hour
S	6 Axle Vehicle	85.72	Per Hour

 

 

3.          Delete Schedule 2 - Cost Component Formula of Annexure "B", Rise and Fall Formula, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

SCHEDULE 2 - COST COMPONENT FORMULA

 

Cost Components as at 1 August 2000	Percentage of Cost
Wages including Maintenance Labour	33.86
Fuel and Oil	19.33
Repair Parts	11.87
Tyres	4.19
Depreciation	13.60
Registration	2.00
Other Fixed Costs	15.15
Total	100.00

 

4.          Delete the Fuel Benchmark appearing in Schedule 3: Benchmarks, of the said Annexure "B" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

SCHEDULE 3 :  BENCHMARKS

 

Component	Benchmark	Confirmed Base as at 1/8/2000	Source of figures to be used
Fuel	Shell Australia Terminal Price, per litre of Distillate for Sydney, excluding GST	82.20 (90.42 cents per litre less 1/11th GST)	Shell Australia's internet home page at www.shell. com.au/oneshell/au/tgp/bc tgp prices.html

 

5.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 18 August 2000.

 

 

R. J. PETERSON  J.

 

 

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