Enterprise agreements – dispute about matter arising under agreement – ss.590, 604, 739 Fair Work Act 2009 – permission to appeal – Full Bench – appeal against orders for production of documents – appellants contended permission to appeal should be granted, the appeal upheld and the orders quashed for two reasons – Commissioner had no jurisdiction to make orders because the proceedings in which they were made improperly commenced and a nullity – none of the documents sought in orders had apparent relevance to the issues in the proceedings – Full Bench considered Re Adams and Tax Agents’ Board – found Commissioner had authority to hear and determine appellant’s objections to the competency of the dispute application to ensure Commission’s jurisdiction not exceeded – in the exercise of that authority, the use of the Commission’s procedural powers, including to order production of documents under s.590(2)(c) of FW Act, remained available – Full Bench did not consider it appropriate to allow an appeal from interlocutory procedural decision to be used as a vehicle to resolve the jurisdictional question properly before Commissioner – Full Bench rejected second ground of appeal as identified the apparent relevance of the documents to be produced for the jurisdictional objections to be determined – no proper basis demonstrated either in the public interest or otherwise for permission to appeal to be granted – permission to appeal refused. Appeal by Reddam House Limited and Anor against orders of McKenna C at Sydney of 4 December 2015 and 8 December 2015 and reasons for decision of 14 December 2015 [[2015] FWC 8541] Re: Independent Education Union of Australia.
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