WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. Industrial Relations Act 1979. Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union of Employees, W.A. Clerical and Administrative Branch and R.C. Sadlier Limited and Others. No. 1120 of 1998. Clerks’ (Customs and/or Shipping and/or Forwarding Agents) Award No. 47 of 1948. CHIEF COMMISSIONER W.S. COLEMAN. 29 July 1998. Order. HAVING heard Mr R. Dhue on behalf of the Applicant and Mr C. Keys on behalf of the Respondents and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act, 1979, hereby orders— THAT the Clerks’ (Customs and/or Shipping and/or For- warding Agents) Award be varied in accordance with the following Schedule and that such variation shall have ef- fect from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the 29th day of July, 1998. (Sgd.) W.S. COLEMAN, [L.S.] Chief Commissioner. Schedule. 1. Clause 10.—Rates of Pay: Delete subclause (2) of this clause and insert in lieu the following— (2) Adult Employees (rate per week)— (a) Base Arbitrated Safety Total Rate Net Adjustment Rate Per Week Per Week $ Per Week $ $ $ At 21 years of age 361.10 48.00 409.10 At 22 years of age 365.30 48.00 413.30 At 23 years of age 369.10 48.00 417.10 At 24 years of age 373.00 48.00 421.00 At 25 years of age 377.40 48.00 425.40 and over (b) Adult stenographers, comptometer or calcu- lating or ledger machine operators shall receive $4.10 per week in addition to the rates set out in paragraph (a) of this subclause. (c) Base Arbitrated Safety Total Rate Net Adjustment Rate Per Week Per Week $ Per Week $ $ $ Senior Clerks (Classified as such or in default of agreement by the Board of Reference) 383.20 48.00 431.20 (d) The rates of pay in this award include three arbitrated safety net adjustments totalling $24.00 per week available under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle pursuant to either the December 1993 State Wage Deci- sion, the December 1994 Stage Wage Decision and the March 1996 State Wage Decision. The first, second and third $8.00 per week arbi- trated safety net adjustments may be offset to the extent of any wage increase payable since 1 November 1991 pursuant to enterprise agree- ments or consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements, inso- far as that wage increase or part of it has not previously been used to offset an arbitrated safety net adjustment. Increases made under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments. Furthermore the rates of pay in this award in- clude the $10.00 per week arbitrated safety net adjustment payable from the beginning of the first pay period on or after 14th day of Novem- ber 1997. This arbitrated safety net adjustment shall be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees since 1 Novem- ber 1991 whose wages and conditions are regulated by this award and which are above the wage rates prescribed in it, provided that the above award payments include wages pay- able under an enterprise agreement in which absorption is not contrary to the terms of the enterprise agreement. Increases made under State Wage Case Prin- ciples prior to November 1997, except those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset this arbitrated safety net adjustment of $10.00 per week. The rates of pay in this award include the ar- bitrated safety net adjustment payable under the June 1998 State Wage Case Decision. This arbitrated safety net adjustment shall be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and con- ditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates pre- scribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required. Increases made under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments. 2. Clause 8.—Meal Allowance: Delete the amount “$6.10” and replace it with the amount “$6.30”. CLERKS’ (GRAIN HANDLING) AWARD, 1977. No. R 34 of 1977.