Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU)

The Registered Organisations Commission is responsible for regulating the financial returns, annual returns, elections and disclosures of registered organisations. These records are available below.

Rules and Rule alterations remain with the Fair Work Commission and the FWC continues to host those records on its website .

About the CEPU

Organisation type and coverage: a union of employees connected to the communications, electrical, electronic, energy, information, postal, plumbing and allied services industries

Financial year: predominantly 1 April to 31 March, however, some of the divisional branches report to a financial year covering 1 January to 31 December

Date of registration: 24 December 1919

The structure of the organisation incorporates 3 divisions, to which the members of the organisation are attached.

Those divisions are:

• the Communications Division
• the Electrical, Energy and Services Division, and
• the Plumbing Division.

Further, the members of the divisions are divided into divisional branches.

Elections for office positions within the organisation are conducted by the AEC, and the term of office is 4 years.

In total there are 21 divisions and divisional branches.

The organisation, its divisions and their divisional branches are all reporting units for the purposes of financial reporting.

The general control and conduct of the business of the organisation is vested in the National Council, which comprises the office bearers and delegates from the divisions of the organisation. The organisation also comprises a National Executive, Divisional Conferences, Divisional Executives and Industry Sections. 

The organisation and each division, including the New South Wales Divisional Branch, has their own discrete sets of rules by which they are governed.

For the current rules, information on rules, rule alterations and permits, please see the Fair Work Commission website. These matters are dealt with by the Fair Work Commission.