TRANSPORT INDUSTRY - COURIER AND TAXI TRUCK

CONTRACT DETERMINATION

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Transport Industry - Courier and Taxi Truck Industrial Committee

 

Applications by the Courier and Taxi Truck Association, an association of contract carriers and another.

 

(Nos. IRC 7988 of 2001 and 625 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete Schedule VI - Fuel Levy, of the contract determination published 9 November 2001 (329 I.G. 248), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Schedule VI - Fuel Levy

 

1.          In addition to all other remuneration received by the contract carrier the principal contractor shall pay the contractor an additional amount as a fuel levy.  The fuel levy amount shall be equal to 2% of the carrier's gross remuneration for each pay period observed by the principal contractor.

 

2.          If the Caltex Metro (New South Wales) Card Price for unleaded petrol exceeds $0.82 cents per litre (excluding GST) for a calendar month but calculated on an average basis, an application may be made for a contract determination requiring the principal contractor to pay the carrier, in addition to all other remuneration received, an additional amount as a fuel levy equal to a specified percentage of the carrier's gross remuneration for each pay period observed by the principal contractor in place of the levy contained in clause 1.

 

3.          The percentage amount of the fuel levy shall be determined by the average cost of unleaded petrol, for the five days preceding the time the application is determined, in accordance with the following table.

 

Average Caltex Metro (NSW) Card Price for	Percentage Amount of the Fuel Levy
unleaded petrol (Excluding GST)
Cents per litre	%
Up to 81.9 cents	No Surcharge
82-100 cents	2
100-114.9 cents	3
115-128.9 cents	4
129-143 cents	5

 

4.          If the Average Caltex Metro (NSW) Card Price for unleaded petrol (excluding GST) exceeds 143 cents per litre the Transport Industry - Courier and Taxi Truck Industrial Committee shall make a contact determination for a fuel levy of an mount in excess of 5%.

 

5.          The principal contractor shall not offset the fuel levy amount against any remuneration payable to the carrier or use the fuel surcharge amount in the calculation of the carrier's safety net entitlements.

 

6.          The fuel levy amount shall be paid to the carrier at the same time that the principal contactor pays the carrier remuneration for the pay period observed by the principal contractor.  The principal contractor shall specify the fuel levy amount paid to the carrier on the pay record issued to the carrier pursuant to clause B of Schedule V to this determination.

 

7.          Once a contract determination for a fuel levy is made it shall remain in force until it is varied or abolished

 

 

2.          This variation shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after 9 May 2002.

 

 

 

P. J. CONNOR, Commissioner.

 

 

 

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