Industrial Organisations Act 1997 (Qld)

Queensland INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS ACT 1997 Act No. 2 of 1997

Queensland INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS ACT 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 Objects of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 Definitions—the dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5 Act does not bind State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 2—REGISTRATION 6 Definitions for pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 Applying for registration—general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8 Applying for registration—employer associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9 Applying for registration—employee associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 10 Registration criteria—employer associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 11 Registration criteria—employee associations other than enterprise associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 12 Registration criteria—enterprise associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 13 Approving and registering rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 Continued registration of small organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15 Registering several organisations for the same calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 16 Change of callings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 17 Deciding application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 18 Organisations corporate bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 19 Registered name of organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 20 Registered office of organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 PART 3—ORGANISATIONS’ RULES Division 1—General 21 Requirement for rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 22 General requirements for rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 23 Content of rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 24 Rules to give conditions for loans, grants and donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Division 2—Election rules Subdivision 1—General 25 Rules for elections and ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 26 Rules for elections by secret postal ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 27 Rules about office terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 28 Rules may allow filling casual vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Subdivision 2—Model election rules 29 Minister may make model election rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 30 Organisations may adopt model election rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 31 Adoption of entire model election rules without change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 32 Adoption of model election rules with change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Division 3—Exemption from elections for organisations with counterpart federal bodies 33 What is a counterpart federal body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 34 Exemption if federal election held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 35 Change in federal election result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Division 4—Changing name or eligibility rules 36 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 37 Commission’s consent needed for change or amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 38 New name must be different from other organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 39 When name change or rule amendment takes effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Division 5—Amending rules 40 Approval of rule amendments—Cwlth s 205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 41 Registrar may amend rules—Cwlth s 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 42 Commission may amend rules if undertaking breached—Cwlth s 203A . . 45 43 Some amendments to be recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 PART 4—VALIDITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH RULES 44 Rules contravening s 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 45 Directions to perform rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 46 Financial help for application under this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 PART 5—CONDUCTING ELECTIONS 47 Electoral commission to conduct elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 48 Application for exemption from s 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 Objections to application for exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 50 Commission may give exemption from s 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 51 Duties of organisation or branch if exemption given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 52 Election result report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53 Registrar to arrange for elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 54 Electoral commission’s conduct of elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 55 Election expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 56 Death of candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 57 Ballot records must be preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 58 Election help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 59 Resources of organisations not to be used for election purposes . . . . . . . . . 55 PART 6—DISPUTED ELECTIONS Division 1—Election inquiries 60 Application for election inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 61 Action by registrar for inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 62 Court to conduct inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 63 Court may make interim orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 64 Procedure at inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 65 Functions and powers of court at inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 66 Enforcing orders under this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 67 Preventing orders about disputed elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 68 Validating certain acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 69 Election not invalid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 70 Inquiry costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 Division 2—Registrar may conduct elections 71 Application of pt 6, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 72 Registrar to conduct elections on request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 73 Election on registrar’s initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Division 3—Election expenses 74 Expenses for elections under this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 PART 7—DISQUALIFICATION FROM HOLDING OFFICE IN ORGANISATIONS 75 Definitions for pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 76 Eligibility for office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 77 Application for leave to hold office by prospective candidate for office . . 70 78 Application for leave to hold office in organisation by office holder . . . . . 70 79 Court’s obligation and powers for declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 80 Court’s obligations for applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 PART 8—MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANISATIONS 81 Entitlement to membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 82 Members and officers registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 83 Filing registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 84 Exemption from filing members register etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 85 Rectification of registers by commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 86 Registrar’s access to registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 87 Organisations to keep union ticket butts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 88 Resigning organisation membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 89 Resignation if subscription unpaid for 1 year and no renewal . . . . . . . . . . . 78 90 Conscientious objection to organisation membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 91 Conduct about exemption certificate holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 92 Evidentiary provision for s 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 93 Court may decide membership disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 94 Offences about membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 95 Members under 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 PART 9—AMALGAMATING INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS Division 1—Preliminary 96 Definitions for pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

5 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 97 Proposed amalgamation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 98 Federations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 99 Using resources for proposed amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Division 2—Starting amalgamation procedure 100 Amalgamation scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 101 Alternative schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 102 Management committee approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 103 Community of interest declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 104 Application to submit proposal to a ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 105 Holding office after amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 106 Application for exemption from holding ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 107 Application for alternative ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Division 3—Conduct of ballots 108 Electoral commission to conduct ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 109 Application for exemption from s 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 110 Objections to application for exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 111 Commission may give exemption from s 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 112 Duties of organisation if exemption given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 113 Ballot result report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 114 Notice to electoral commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 115 Providing information and documents to electoral officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 116 Ballot expenses under pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 117 Ballot records to be kept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Division 4—Amalgamation approval procedure 118 Amalgamation hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 119 Submissions at amalgamation hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 120 Ballot approval not extending eligibility rules etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 121 Objections about amalgamation involving extending eligibility rules etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 122 Ballot approval if ballot extends eligibility rules etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 123 Fixing ballot period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 124 Roll of voters for ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 125 Filing ‘yes’ case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

6 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 126 ‘No’ cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 127 Commission statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 128 ‘Yes’ or no’ cases may include things other than words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 129 Amending ‘yes’ or ‘no’ cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 130 ‘Yes’ and no’ cases to be sent to voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 131 Amending schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 132 Scheme outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 133 Ballot exemption—number of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 134 Ballot exemption—recognising federal ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 135 Alternative ballot approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 136 Members’ secret postal ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 137 Members’ decision on amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 138 Further ballot if amalgamation not approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 139 Irregularity inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 140 Amalgamation approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Division 5—Amalgamation taking effect 141 Fixing amalgamation day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 142 Action on amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 143 Vesting of property and liabilities in amalgamated organisation . . . . . . . 118 144 Effect of amalgamation on commission decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 145 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 146 Pending proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 147 Division applies despite laws or instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 148 Amalgamated organisation to carry out amalgamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 149 Certificates about land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 150 Certificates about charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 151 Certificates about company interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 152 Certificates about other property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 153 Commission may resolve difficulties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Division 6—Validation 154 Application of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 155 Validating acts in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

7 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 156 Validation after 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 157 Order that s 155 or 156 does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 158 Orders about invalidities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 PART 10—WITHDRAWAL FROM AMALGAMATIONS Division 1—General 159 Object of pt 10—Cwlth s 253ZH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 160 Definitions for pt 10—Cwlth s 253ZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Division 2—Ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisations 161 Applications to the commission for ballots—Cwlth s 253ZJ . . . . . . . . . . . 129 162 Ballot exemption—recognising federal ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 163 Notice to electoral commission—Cwlth s 253ZK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 164 Orders for ballots—Cwlth s 253ZL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 165 Conducting ballot—Cwlth s 253ZM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 166 Application for exemption from s 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 167 Objections to application for exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 168 Commission may give exemption from s 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 169 Duties of constituent part if exemption given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 170 Ballot result report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 171 Providing information and documents to electoral officers—Cwlth s 253ZN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 172 Ballot records must be preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 173 Irregularity inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Division 3—Giving effect to ballots 174 Deciding the day of withdrawal—Cwlth s 253ZP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 175 Registration of constituent part—Cwlth s 253ZQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 176 Members of amalgamated organisation may join registered organisation—Cwlth s 253ZR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 177 Orders of the commission, awards etc.—Cwlth s 253ZS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 178 Withdrawal regulations—Cwlth s 253ZT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 179 Division applies despite laws and agreements prohibiting transfer etc.—Cwlth s 253ZU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Division 4—Validation 180 Application of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

8 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 181 Validating acts in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 182 Validation after 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 183 Order that s 181 or 182 does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 184 Orders about invalidities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Division 5—Miscellaneous 185 Commission may resolve difficulties—Cwlth s 253ZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 186 Ballot expenses under pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 PART 11—CANCELLING REGISTRATION 187 Cancelling registration for industrial conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 188 Orders if cancellation deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 189 Cancelling registration on other grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 190 Cancellation directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 191 Recording cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 192 Consequences of cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 PART 12—ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT Division 1—Preliminary 193 Objects of pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 194 Definition for pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 195 Meaning of “financial year” in pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 196 Applying part to organisations with branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 197 Exemption for branches without financial affairs—Cwlth s 271A . . . . . . . 153 Division 2—Accounting obligations 198 Organisations must keep proper accounting records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 199 Preparing accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 200 Regulation may give effect to Australian accounting standards . . . . . . . . 155 201 Members may apply for information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 202 Officers’ duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Division 3—Audits 203 Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 204 Auditor’s functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 205 Auditor’s powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 206 Auditor’s fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

9 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 207 Removing auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 208 Auditors have qualified privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Division 4—Presenting and lodging audit reports and accounts 209 Presentation to annual general meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 210 Extension of time to hold annual general meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 211 Presentation to committee meeting if a deficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 212 Copies of report must be given to members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 213 False or misleading statements about reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 214 Lodging reports with registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 215 Organisation may file reports for branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Division 5—Registrar’s investigations and audits 216 Registrar’s investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 217 Registrar may conduct other investigations—Cwlth s 280A . . . . . . . . . . . 166 218 Investigations under ss 216 and 217—Cwlth s 280B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 219 Offences about registrar’s investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 220 Registrar’s examinations and audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Division 6—Auditors may attend meetings 221 Notice of meeting to auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 222 Auditor may attend meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Division 7—Exemption for organisations with low income 223 Accounts and audits for low income organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Division 8—Political objects funds 224 What is spending money on political objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 225 Political objects fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 226 Contributions by members for political objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 227 Member may give direction about contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 228 No disadvantage to non-contributing members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 229 Payments from fund must be under a direction or approved . . . . . . . . . . . 177 230 Officers must ensure organisation complies with division . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 231 Filing statements of political expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 PART 13—PRESUMED VALIDITY OF ORGANISATIONS’ ACTIONS 232 Definitions for pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

10 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 233 Validating actions taken in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 234 Validating acts after 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 PART 14—FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION Division 1—Preliminary 235 Objects of pt 14—Cwlth s 298A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 236 Definitions—Cwlth s 298B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Division 2—Conduct by employers etc. 237 Dismissal etc. of members of industrial associations etc.—Cwlth s 298K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 238 Prohibited reasons—Cwlth s 298L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 239 Inducements to cease membership etc. of industrial association etc.—Cwlth s 298M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Division 3—Conduct by employees etc. 240 Cessation of work—Cwlth s 298N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Division 4—Conduct by industrial associations etc. 241 Industrial associations acting against employers—Cwlth s 298P . . . . . . . 191 242 Industrial associations acting against employees etc.—Cwlth s 298Q . . . 192 243 Industrial associations acting against members—Cwlth s 298R . . . . . . . . 193 244 Industrial associations acting against independent contractors etc.—Cwlth s 298S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Division 5—Remedies for breaches of this part 245 Applications to the court—Cwlth s 298T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 246 Orders that the court may make—Cwlth s 298U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 247 Proof not required of the reason for, or the intention of, conduct—Cwlth s 298V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Division 6—Miscellaneous 248 Provisions of industrial instruments requiring or permitting conduct in contravention of this part—Cwlth s 298Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 PART 15—OTHER OFFENCES Division 1—Specific offences 249 Offence about organisation’s property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 250 Preventing elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 251 Offences about persons conducting ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 252 Officer to act honestly etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

11 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 253 Officers with material personal interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 254 Proceedings not affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Division 2—Parties to offences 255 Parties to offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Division 3—Attempts to commit offences 256 Attempt to commit offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 PART 16—APPEALS Division 1—Appeals to Court of Appeal 257 Appeal from court to Court of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Division 2—Appeals to Industrial Court 258 Appeal from commission, magistrate or registrar to court . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 259 Court’s discretion on penalty on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Division 3—Appeals to Industrial Relations Commission 260 Appeals from commissioner to full bench with leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 261 Appeal from registrar to full bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 262 President may stay decisions when leave sought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 263 Decisions on appeal that are final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Division 4—Appeals to both Industrial Court and Industrial Relations Commission 264 Appeals from commissioner or registrar to both court and commission . . 206 Division 5—General 265 Nature of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 266 Time limited for appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 PART 17—JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE Division 1—Jurisdiction 267 Jurisdiction of the full court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 268 Court’s jurisdiction exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 269 President’s jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 270 Commission’s jurisdiction is exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 271 Magistrate’s jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 272 Magistrate’s jurisdiction exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Division 2—Procedure 273 Evidence, powers and procedure follow Workplace Relations Act 1997 . 209

12 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 274 Performance of commission’s functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 275 Recovery of amounts under orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 276 Recovery of amounts from organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 277 Recovering member’s liabilities to organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Division 3—Evidentiary provisions 278 Certificate evidence in applications about office holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 279 Evidentiary provision—elections by registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 280 Evidentiary provisions—general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 281 Particular offences may be charged in 1 complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 PART 18—MISCELLANEOUS 282 No action for defamation in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 283 References to making false or misleading statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 284 References to engaging in conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 285 Filing details of loans, grants and donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 286 Documents open to inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 287 Nomination for amounts payable on member’s death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 288 Notices and applications to be written . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 289 Functions and powers of registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 290 Delegation by registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 291 Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 292 Stamp duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 293 Inaccurate descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 294 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 PART 19—SAVINGS, TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER AMENDMENTS 295 Definition for pt 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 296 Continued registration of organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 297 Registrar may amend name of union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 298 Savings—agreements etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 299 Savings—proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 300 References to former industrial Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 301 Transitional provision about rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 302 Cost of copy of rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

13 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 303 Appointments continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 304 Amended Acts—sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 PROVISIONS OF WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1997 THAT APPLY TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (PROTECTION FROM INVALIDITIES) ACT 1991 SCHEDULE 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 DICTIONARY

Queensland Industrial Organisations Act 1997 Act No. 2 of 1997 An Act to provide for industrial organisations in Queensland and for other matters [Assented to 14 February 1997]

s 1 16 Industrial Organisations The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s3 No. 2, 1997 PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Organisations Act 1997 . ˙ Commencement 2.(1) This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (2) Part 12, division 8 commences 6 months after section 3 commences. ˙ Objects of Act 3. The objects of this Act are— (a) to encourage the democratic control of industrial organisations ( “organisations” ) 1 and participation by their members in the affairs of organisations; and (b) to encourage the efficient management of organisations; and (c) to ensure freedom of association, including the rights of employees and employers to join an organisation or association of their choice, or not to join an organisation or association; and (d) to ensure employee and employer organisations registered under this Act 2 are representative of, and accountable to, their members and are capable of operating effectively. 1 Industrial organisations are called ‘organisations’: see the dictionary in the schedule, definition “organisation”. 2 This Act is only concerned with industrial organisations registered in Queensland. Commonwealth employee and employer organisations in Queensland are registered under the Commonwealth Act.

s 4 17 s 6 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ˙ Definitions—the dictionary 4.(1) The dictionary in schedule 3 defines particular words used in this Act. 3 (2) Definitions found elsewhere in this Act are signposted in the dictionary. ˙ Act does not bind State 5.(1) This Act does not bind the State. (2) However, the State is bound by section 91 4 and part 14 5 . PART 2—REGISTRATION ˙ Definitions for pt 2 6. In this part— “enterprise” means— (a) a business that is carried on by only 1 employer; or (b) a functionally distinct part of a business mentioned in paragraph (a); or 3 In some Acts, definitions are contained in a dictionary that appears as the last schedule and forms part of the Act— Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 14(4). Words defined elsewhere in the Act are generally signposted by entries in the dictionary. However, if a section has a definition applying only to the section, or a part of the section, it is generally not signposted by an entry in the dictionary and is generally set out in the last subsection of the section. Signpost definitions in the dictionary alert the reader to the terms defined elsewhere in the Act and tell the reader where the definitions can be found. For example, the definition ‘ “offence” see section 19.’ tells the reader there is a definition of offence in the section. 4 Section 91 (Conduct about exemption certificate holders) 5 Part 14 (Freedom of association)

s 7 18 s 8 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (c) 2 or more functionally distinct parts of the same business carried on by the same employer. “enterprise association” means an association of a type mentioned in section 9(1)(d). 6 ˙ Applying for registration—general 7.(1) An employee or employer association may apply to the commission for registration. 7 (2) The application must be— (a) in the form in the rules of court; and (b) signed by the applicant’s president and secretary. (3) Notice of the application must be published by the applicant in the way prescribed under a regulation. ˙ Applying for registration—employer associations 8.(1) Only the following employer associations may apply for registration as an employer organisation— (a) an association whose members are all employers; (b) an association, some of whose members are employers, if— (i) the association effectively represents its members who are employers; or (ii) its members who are not employers are— (A) officers of the association; or (B) persons who carry on business otherwise than as employees; or 6 Section 9 (Applying for registration—employee associations) 7 ‘Registration’ means registration as an organisation: see the dictionary in the schedule, definition “registration”.

s 8 19 s 8 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (C) persons who were employers when admitted to membership of the association and whose membership has not ended, by resignation or otherwise. (2) The application must be accompanied by— (a) particulars of the name and the place or places where business is carried on by each employer member; and (b) a list of persons holding appointment as the following officers of the association— (i) president; (ii) secretary; (iii) management or executive committee members; (iv) if the association has trustees—trustees; (v) other officers, and their official designations; and (c) 2 copies of the association’s rules; and (d) for an association of more than 1 person—a copy of a resolution in favour of registration of the association passed under the association’s rules— (i) by a majority of the employers who are members of the association; or (ii) in another way allowed by the rules; and (e) a list of the callings in which employees are employed by the association’s members who are employers; and (f) particulars of— (i) the control of the association’s property; and (ii) investment of its funds, as distinct from the property and funds of the members of the association; and (g) the address of the proposed registered office under section 20; 8 and (h) the appropriate fee under the rules of court. 8 Section 20 (Registered office of organisation)

s 9 20 s 9 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ˙ Applying for registration—employee associations 9.(1) Only the following employee associations may apply for registration as an employee organisation— (a) an association whose members are all employees; (b) an association, some of whose members are employees, if the other members are officers of the association; (c) an association of which— (i) some or all of the members are employees; and (ii) the other members, if any, are independent contractors who, if they were employees performing work of the kind which they usually perform as independent contractors, would be employees eligible for membership of the association; and (d) an association of which some or all of the members are employees performing work in the same enterprise and the other members, if any, are— (i) officers of the association; or (ii) independent contractors who, if they were employees performing work of the type that they usually perform as independent contractors, would be employees eligible for membership of the association. (2) The application must be accompanied by— (a) a list of the association’s members; and (b) a list of the persons holding appointment as the following officers of the association— (i) president; (ii) secretary; (iii) management or executive committee members; (iv) if the association has trustees—trustees; (v) other officers, and their official designations; and (c) 2 copies of the association’s rules; and

s 10 21 s 10 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (d) a copy of a resolution in favour of registration of the association passed under the association’s rules— (i) by a majority of its members present at a general meeting; or (ii) in another way allowed by the rules; and (e) a list of callings of its members or callings to which its eligibility rules relate; and (f) a list of the localities where its members exercise their callings; and (g) the address of the proposed registered office under section 20; 9 and (h) the appropriate fee under the rules of court. ˙ Registration criteria—employer associations 10.(1) The commission may approve an employer association’s application for registration if— (a) the association exists to further or protect its members’ interests; and (b) its employer members have in total employed a monthly average of at least 20 employees during the 6 months before the making of the application; and (c) the commission is satisfied the association would conduct its affairs in a way that meets the obligations of an organisation under this Act; and (d) the association’s rules have— (i) the provisions required by this Act; and (ii) been approved by the commission under section 13; 10 and (e) the association’s name is not— (i) the same as an organisation’s name; or 9 Section 20 (Registered office of organisation) 10 Section 13 (Approving and registering rules—Cwlth s 205)

s 11 22 s 11 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (ii) so similar to an organisation’s name as to be likely to cause confusion; and (f) registration of the association would further the objects of this Act; and (g) there is no organisation to which members of the association might belong, or no organisation— (i) to which the members of the association could more conveniently belong; and (ii) that would effectively represent those members. (2) Despite subsection (1)(b), the commission may approve an application if it is satisfied there are special circumstances that justify the association’s registration. (3) In applying subsection (1)(c), the commission must have regard to whether any recent conduct by the association or its members would have provided grounds for an application under section 187 11 had the association been registered when the conduct happened. (4) Without limiting the matters the commission may take into account in considering, under subsection (1)(g)(ii), the effectiveness of the representation of an organisation, it must take into account whether the representation would be consistent with the objects of this Act. ˙ Registration criteria—employee associations other than enterprise associations 11.(1) The commission may approve an application for registration by an employee association, other than an enterprise association, if— (a) the association exists to further or protect its members’ interests; and (b) the association is free from control by, or improper influence from, an employer or an employer association or organisation; and (c) the association has at least 20 members who are employees; and 11 Section 187 (Cancelling registration for industrial conduct)

s 11 23 s 11 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (d) the commission is satisfied the association would conduct its affairs in a way that meets the obligations of an organisation under this Act; and (e) the association’s rules have— (i) the provisions required by this Act; and (ii) been approved by the commission under section 13; 12 and (f) the association’s name is not— (i) the same as an organisation’s name; or (ii) so similar to an organisation’s name as to be likely to cause confusion; and (g) registration of the association would further the objects of this Act; and (h) there is no organisation to which members of the association might belong, or no organisation— (i) to which the members of the association could more conveniently belong; and (ii) that would effectively represent those members. (2) In applying subsection (1)(c), the commission must have regard to whether any recent conduct by the association or its members would have provided grounds for an application under section 187 13 had the association been registered when the conduct happened. (3) Despite subsection (1)(d), the commission may approve an application if it is satisfied there are special circumstances that justify the association’s registration. (4) Despite subsection (1)(h), the commission may approve an application if it accepts an undertaking it considers appropriate from the association to avoid demarcation disputes that might otherwise arise from an overlap between the association’s eligibility rules and those of the organisation. 12 Section 13 (Approving and registering rules—Cwlth s 205) 13 Section 187 (Cancelling registration for indusrial conduct)

s 12 24 s 12 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (5) Without limiting the matters the commission may take into account in considering, under subsection (1)(h)(ii), the effectiveness of the representation of an organisation, it must take into account whether the representation would be consistent with the objects of this Act. ˙ Registration criteria—enterprise associations 12.(1) The commission may approve an enterprise association’s application for registration if— (a) the association— (i) is a genuine enterprise association; and (ii) exists to further or protect its members interests; and (b) the association is free from control by, or improper influence from— (i) an employer, whether at the enterprise to which the enterprise association belongs or otherwise; or (ii) an entity with an interest in the enterprise; or (iii) an organisation or an employers or employees association; and (c) the association has at least 20 members who are employees; and (d) the commission is satisfied the association would conduct its affairs in a way that meets the obligations of an organisation under this Act; and (e) the association’s rules have— (i) the provisions required by this Act; and (ii) been approved by the commission under section 13; and (f) the association’s name is not— (i) the same name as an organisation’s name; or (ii) so similar to an organisation’s name as to be likely to cause confusion; and

s 13 25 s 14 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (g) the commission is satisfied a majority of the persons eligible to be members of the association support its registration as an organisation; and (h) a resolution in favour of the association’s registration was passed under the association’s rules by— (i) a majority of its members present at a general meeting; or (ii) an absolute majority of its management committee; and (i) registration of the association would further the objects of this Act. (2) In applying subsection (1)(d), the commission must have regard to whether any recent conduct by the association or its members would have provided grounds for an application under section 187 14 had the association been registered when the conduct happened. ˙ Approving and registering rules 13.(1) If an association applies for registration, the registrar must give the association’s rules to the commission for approval. (2) The commission must approve the rules if satisfied they are not contrary to this Act or to law. (3) The registrar must register the approved rules. (4) An organisation’s rules become effective when the organisation is registered. ˙ Continued registration of small organisations 14.(1) The commission may continue a small organisation’s registration if it considers special circumstances exist to justify its continued registration in the public interest. (2) The power under subsection (1) must not be exercised more than once a year for an organisation. 14 Section 187 (Cancelling registration for industrial conduct)

s 15 26 s 15 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (3) The commission must cancel a small organisation’s registration if it is not satisfied special circumstances exist to justify its continued registration in the public interest. (4) In this section— “small organisation” means— (a) for an employee organisation—an organisation having fewer than 20 members who are employees; or (b) for an employer organisation—an organisation whose employer members have in total employed a monthly average of fewer than 20 employees during the 6 months before the commission acts under subsection (1). ˙ Registering several organisations for the same calling 15.(1) If there are 2 or more associations for a calling, 2 or more of them may apply for joint registration. (2) If an association applies for registration for a calling for which an organisation is already registered, the commission may— (a) approve the application; and (b) if it approves the application—bracket together the registration of the organisations for the calling. (3) If the commission brackets together the registration of organisations for a calling, subsection (2) applies to a later application for registration by another association for the same calling. (4) If an association applies for registration for a calling for which an organisation is registered, the commission must give at least 14 days notice to the organisation before it considers the application. (5) An organisation given notice under subsection (4) may be heard as prescribed under a regulation before the commission to oppose the approval of the application. (6) Industrial organisations that have had their registrations bracketed for a calling have joint rights under this Act. (7) In a proceeding before the court, the commission, a magistrate, or the registrar, the organisations may appear jointly or separately.

s 16 27 s 18 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ˙ Change of callings 16. On an application by an organisation in the way prescribed under a regulation, the commission may change a calling for which the organisation is registered. ˙ Deciding application 17.(1) A person may object to an application for registration if the person— (a) has an appropriate interest in the matter; and (b) gives notice to the commission in the time and way prescribed under a regulation. (2) If the commission receives a notice objecting to an application, the commission must— (a) fix a hearing day for the objection; and (b) give notice of the day, as prescribed under a regulation; and (c) on the day notified, or another day to which the matter is adjourned—hear and decide the application and objections. (3) If the commission grants an association’s application for registration, the registrar must immediately register the association as an organisation. (4) On registration of the organisation, the registrar must— (a) give it a certificate of registration in the form in the rules of court; and (b) enter the organisation’s name in the register. (5) If requested by the organisation, the registrar may give it a copy of the certificate or a replacement certificate. ˙ Organisations corporate bodies 18. An organisation, in its registered name— (a) is a body corporate; and (b) has perpetual succession; and

s 19 28 s 20 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (c) has power to purchase, take on lease or hire, hold, sell, lease, let, mortgage, exchange, accept or dispose of by way of gift, own, possess, and otherwise deal with property; and (d) must have a common seal; and (e) may sue and be sued. ˙ Registered name of organisation 19.(1) An organisation’s registered name must include the words— (a) if it is an employer organisation—‘industrial organisation of employers’ or ‘industrial union of employers’; or (b) if it is an employee organisation—‘industrial organisation of employees’ or ‘industrial union of employees’. (2) The registered name of an employer or employee organisation must state the locality where most of its members live or carry on their business or calling. ˙ Registered office of organisation 20.(1) An organisation must, within 7 days of being registered, have a registered office to which all notices to it may be given. Maximum penalty—2 penalty units for each week the provision is contravened. (2) The organisation must give notice to the registrar of— (a) the address of its registered office within 14 days after the organisation is registered; or (b) a change in the address of its registered office within 7 days after the change happens. Maximum penalty—2 penalty units for each week the provision is contravened. (3) The organisation’s officers must ensure the organisation complies with subsections (1) and (2).

s 21 29 s 22 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (4) If an organisation contravenes subsections (1) or (2), each of its officers commits a continuing offence, that is the offence of failing to ensure the organisation complies with the provision. Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—the penalty for the contravention of the provision by the organisation . (5) However, it is a defence for an officer to prove— (a) if the officer was in a position to influence the conduct of the organisation in relation to the offence, the officer exercised reasonable diligence to ensure the organisation complied with the provision; or (b) the officer was not in a position to influence the conduct of the organisation in relation to the offence. PART 3—ORGANISATIONS’ RULES Division 1—General ˙ Requirement for rules 21. An organisation must have rules about the matters required under this Act. ˙ General requirements for rules 22. An organisation’s rules must not— (a) contravene— (i) this Act or its objects; or (ii) an award, industrial agreement, certified agreement or EFA; or (iii) law; or (b) prevent members of the organisation from—

s 23 30 s 23 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (i) observing the law, an award, industrial agreement, certified agreement, EFA or QWA, or a decision of the court or commission; or (ii) entering into written agreements under an award, industrial agreement, certified agreement, EFA or QWA or a decision of the commission; or (c) impose on its members, or membership applicants, conditions, obligations or restrictions that are oppressive, unreasonable or unjust, having regard to the objects of— (i) this Act; and (ii) the registration of organisations. ˙ Content of rules 23.(1) An organisation’s rules must state the following— (a) the organisation’s objectives; (b) the eligibility conditions for membership of the organisation; (c) the functions and powers of the organisation’s committees, branch committees, office holders and branch office holders; (d) how meetings of members and committees of the organisation and its branches are called; (e) how office holders in the organisation and its branches are removed; (f) how committees of the organisation or its branches are controlled by the organisation’s members or branch members; (g) how documents may be signed for the organisation; (h) that notice must be given by a stated authorised office holder to the commission of the existence or likelihood of industrial disputes, in the way prescribed under the rules of court; (i) how a person— (i) becomes a member; or (ii) stops being a member, other than by resignation;

s 23 31 s 23 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (j) how members resign; (k) how the organisation’s property is controlled and its funds invested; (l) the conditions for spending the organisation’s funds; (m) that the organisation’s accounts must be audited yearly or another more frequent period; (n) that the organisation must keep a member’s register, arranged according to branches if the organisation has branches; (o) how the rules may be amended; (p) that membership applicants must be informed in writing of— (i) a member’s financial obligations; and (ii) when and how a member may resign; (q) that a full-time officer or a full-time employee of the organisation or branch of the organisation may not be elected to an office in the organisation or branch, other than an office stated by the rules to be a full-time elected position; (r) that the organisation’s or a branch’s management committee membership must not be made up of more than a total of 30% of the organisation’s or branch’s full-time elected officers or full- time employees; (s) that there must be an annual general meeting of its members; (t) that its annual general meeting must be held within 5 months of the end of each of its financial years, including a financial year under section 195(2); 15 (u) that its annual general meeting may pass a resolution that binds the management committee of the organisation or its branches; (v) that if an annual general meeting takes the form of a meeting of elected delegates, no more than 30% of the delegates may be full-time elected officers or full-time employees of the organisation. 15 Section 195 (Meaning of “financial year” in pt 12)

s 24 32 s 24 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (2) An organisation’s rules may— (a) state the industry for which the organisation is formed; and (b) make another provision that does not contravene this Act. (3) However, an organisation’s rules may only provide for a person’s removal from an elected office in the organisation or branch if the person— (a) has been found guilty under the rules of— (i) misappropriation of the organisation’s or branch’s funds; or (ii) substantial contravention of the rules; or (iii) gross misbehaviour or gross neglect of duty in the office; or (b) has stopped being eligible to hold the office under the rules. (4) In this section— “committee” , of an organisation or a branch, means a body of the members or officers of the organisation or branch that has the powers mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition “office” in schedule 3. ˙ Rules to give conditions for loans, grants and donations 24.(1) An organisation’s rules must state that the organisation or a branch must not give a loan, grant or donation (a “payment” ) totalling more than $1 000 to anyone unless the organisation’s or branch’s management committee— (a) has approved the payment; and (b) is satisfied the payment could be given under the other rules of the organisation; and (c) if the payment is a loan—is satisfied— (i) the security to be provided for the loan is sufficient; and (ii) the proposed arrangements to repay the loan are satisfactory. (2) Despite subsection (1), an organisation’s rules may authorise a person to give a payment of no more than $3 000 to a member of the organisation if the payment is—

s 25 33 s 25 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (a) to relieve the member, or the member’s dependants, from severe financial hardship; and (b) made on condition that if the management committee at its next meeting does not approve the payment, it must be repaid as decided by the committee. (3) In considering whether to approve a payment to a member under subsection (2), the management committee must consider if— (a) the payment was made under the organisation’s rules; and (b) if the payment is a loan—it is satisfied— (i) the security to be provided for the loan is sufficient; and (ii) the proposed arrangements to repay the loan are satisfactory. Division 2—Election rules Subdivision 1—General ˙ Rules for elections and ballots 25.(1) An organisation’s rules must— (a) provide for the election of the organisation’s officers by— (i) a direct voting system; or (ii) a collegiate electoral system; and (b) provide for a returning officer, who is not an employee, member or officer of the organisation or a branch, to conduct an election or ballot if the organisation is exempted from the requirement that the electoral commission conduct an election or ballot for the organisation; and (c) require the organisation to give candidates for an election equal opportunity to express their views to members of an organisation in a statement that is— (i) given to each member with the ballot papers for the election; and

s 25 34 s 25 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (ii) paid for by the organisation; and (iii) published in a way prescribed under a regulation. (d) require a returning officer, before rejecting a person’s nomination as defective (other than because the person is not qualified to hold the office that the nomination is for)— (i) to notify the person of the defect; and (ii) if practicable, to give the person the opportunity of remedying the defect within a stated period of not less than 7 days after the person is notified; and (e) provide for— (i) the way a person becomes a candidate for election; and (ii) the functions of returning officers; and (iii) the declaration of the result of an election; and (f) if a ballot is required for an election—require the ballot to be a secret ballot, and allow for— (i) absentee voting; and (ii) the conduct of the ballot; and (iii) the appointment, conduct and functions of scrutineers to represent the candidates at the ballot; and (g) ensure, as far as is practicable, that no irregularities can happen for an election. (2) An organisation’s rules may require compulsory voting in a ballot required for an election. (3) An organisation’s rules about elections for office must relate to elections for all offices in the organisation, including offices in the organisation’s branches. (4) In this section— “collegiate electoral system” for an election of an organisation’s officers means a system of electing the officers comprising— (a) a first stage, at which persons are elected to a number of offices by a direct voting system; and

s 26 35 s 26 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (b) 1 subsequent stage, at which persons are elected by and from the persons elected at the first stage. “conduct an election” , includes accept or reject nominations for the election. “direct voting system” , for an election of an organisation’s officers, means a system of electing the officers in which, subject to reasonable provisions about enrolment of members in an organisation or branch in its rules, the following members may vote— (a) all financial members of the organisation or branch; or (b) all financial members included in the branch, section, class, or other division, of the organisation’s members, having regard to the nature of the office. ˙ Rules for elections by secret postal ballot 26.(1) This section applies if an organisation’s rules provide for an election to be by a direct voting system. (2) An organisation’s rules must provide that if a ballot is necessary for an election, the ballot must be a secret postal ballot. (3) However, the organisation may apply to the registrar for an exemption from subsection (2) that the ballot be a postal ballot. (4) The application must include particulars of the proposed amendments to the organisation’s rules to provide for the conduct of the election by a secret ballot in a way other than a postal ballot. (5) The registrar may only give the exemption if satisfied— (a) the proposed amendments— (i) are not contrary to this Act, apart from subsection (1), or to law; and (ii) have been properly decided under the organisation’s rules; and (b) the ballot under the organisation’s rules, as they would be if amended by the proposed amendments—

s 27 36 s 27 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (i) is likely to have a higher participation by the organisation’s members than a postal ballot; and (ii) will give members who are eligible to vote an adequate opportunity of voting without intimidation. (6) If the registrar gives the exemption, the amendment of the organisation’s rules made by the proposed amendments is effective from the day the registrar gives the organisation notice of the exemption, unless a later day is stated in the notice. (7) The exemption remains effective until it is cancelled by the registrar under subsection (8). (8) The registrar may cancel the organisation’s exemption if— (a) the organisation applies and the registrar is satisfied its rules comply with subsection (2); or (b) the registrar— (i) is no longer satisfied— (A) the rules allow for elections under subsection (2) by a secret ballot other than a postal ballot; or (B) ;ofanadn issue under subsection (5)(b) (ii) has given the organisation the opportunity prescribed under a regulation to show cause why the exemption should not be cancelled. (9) If the registrar cancels the organisation’s exemption under subsection (8)(b), the registrar may by notice to the organisation, after giving it the opportunity to be heard prescribed under a regulation, amend the organisation’s rules in the way the registrar decides is necessary for them to comply with subsection (2). (10) If the registrar amends the organisation’s rules under subsection (9), the amendment takes effect on the day the notice is given to the organisation, unless a later day is stated in the notice. ˙ Rules about office terms 27.(1) An organisation’s rules may not allow an officer to hold office for more than 4 years (the “maximum term” ) without re-election.

s 28 37 s 28 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (2) However, an organisation’s rules may extend the maximum term for a period of no more than 1 year to synchronise elections for other officers in the organisation. (3) Rules may be made for an extension under subsection (2) for a term beginning before the commencement. ˙ Rules may allow filling casual vacancies 28.(1) An organisation’s rules may provide for filling a casual vacancy in an office in the organisation or its branches by— (a) an ordinary election; or (b) another way allowed by the rules. (2) Despite subsection (1)(b), the rules must not allow the filling of a casual vacancy other than by ordinary election, if the unexpired part of the term of the office is longer than the greater of— (a) 1 year; or (b) 3 / 4 of the term of office. (3) A person filling a casual vacancy in an office is taken to have been elected to the office under the relevant provisions if the vacancy in the office is filled by— (a) an ordinary election; or (b) another way allowed by the rules and this section. (4) In this section— “relevant provisions” means— (a) the provisions of this Act (other than this section); and (b) an organisation’s rules (other than rules made under subsection (1)) providing for the filling of a casual vacancy in an office other than by an ordinary election. “term” , of an office, means the total period the person last elected to the office by an ordinary election, other than by an ordinary election to fill a casual vacancy, may hold the office without being re-elected, having regard to a rule permitted by section 27(2).

s 29 38 s 32 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 Subdivision 2—Model election rules ˙ Minister may make model election rules 29.(1) The Minister may make model election rules for organisations. (2) The model election rules are subordinate legislation. ˙ Organisations may adopt model election rules 30. An organisation may, by its resolution, adopt all or part of the model election rules, with or without change. ˙ Adoption of entire model election rules without change 31.(1) If an organisation adopts all of the model election rules without change, its secretary may give the registrar notice of the resolution. (2) The registrar must register the notice as an amendment of the organisation’s rules. ˙ Adoption of model election rules with change 32.(1) This section applies if an organisation adopts— (a) the model election rules with change; or (b) part of the model election rules; or (c) all of the model election rules without change, but notice has not been given under section 31(1). 16 (2) Within 1 year after the notification of the model rules, or a longer period allowed by the registrar, the organisation must— (a) amend its rules to comply with this part; and (b) file a copy of its amended election rules with the registrar. 16 Section 31 (Adoption of entire model election rules without change)

s 33 39 s 34 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (3) If the registrar considers the amended election rules do not comply with subsection (2), the registrar must require the organisation to file further amended election rules that do comply with this part within a stated time. (4) The model election rules are taken to be the organisation’s election rules if the organisation— (a) does not comply with subsection (2); or (b) does not file a complete set of its further amended election rules within a stated time under subsection (3); or (c) files a complete set of further amended election rules within a stated time under subsection (3) but the registrar considers they do not comply with this part. (5) The registrar must give notice to the organisation if the registrar considers its further amended election rules do not comply with this part. Division 3—Exemption from elections for organisations with counterpart federal bodies ˙ What is a counterpart federal body 33. A federal organisation or a branch or part of a federal organisation is a “counterpart federal body” of an organisation if a substantial number of members of each are— (a) members or eligible to be members of both; or (b) engaged in the same work, in aspects of the same work or in similar work; or (c) employed in the same or similar work by employers engaged in the same industry; or (d) engaged in work or in industries for which there is a community of interest. ˙ Exemption if federal election held 34.(1) This section applies if—

s 35 40 s 35 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (a) an organisation’s counterpart federal body has held an election under the Commonwealth Act (the “federal election” ); and (b) the organisation’s rules provide that it has offices corresponding to offices in its counterpart federal body. (2) The organisation may apply to the commission for an exemption from holding an election. (3) A member of the organisation may object to the exemption— (a) on the ground that the exemption would detrimentally affect the objector’s interests; and (b) in the way prescribed under a regulation. (4) The commission may only give the exemption if satisfied— (a) the office will be filled by a person elected in the federal election to a corresponding office in the counterpart federal body; and (b) if the organisation’s and the federal body’s eligibility rules differ—the interests of the organisation’s members who were ineligible to vote in the federal election have not been detrimentally affected. (5) If an exemption is given— (a) the person elected in the federal election is taken to have been elected to the office; and (b) the organisation’s rules for the election are taken to be complied with. (6) In this section— “corresponding office” , to an office, means an office, however described, similar to the office. ˙ Change in federal election result 35.(1) This section applies if—

s 36 41 s 36 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (a) an organisation has been given an exemption under section 34; 17 and (b) an order under the Commonwealth Act has changed the federal election result about which the exemption was given. (2) The organisation must give the commission notice of the change as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of the change. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (3) The organisation is taken to become aware of the change if an officer of the organisation becomes aware of it. (4) If an organisation has given the commission notice of a change and the commission proposes to make an order under subsection (5), it must give an opportunity to be heard to— (a) the organisation; and (b) the officer holding the office the exemption is about; and (c) a member of the organisation. (5) The commission may make an order it considers appropriate, including an order— (a) cancelling or amending the exemption; or (b) giving another exemption; or (c) validating a contravention of the organisation’s election rules. Division 4—Changing name or eligibility rules ˙ Application of div 4 36. This division applies to a change of an organisation’s name or an amendment of its eligibility rules, other than a change or amendment— (a) by the registrar under sections 41 or 297; 18 or 17 Section 34 (Exemption if federal election held) 18 Section 41 (Registrar may amend rules—Cwlth s 203) Section 297 (Registrar may amend name of union)

s 37 42 s 37 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (b) decided by the commission under section 44(8); 19 or (c) proposed to be made for— (i) an amalgamation under part 9; 20 or (ii) a withdrawal from amalgamation under part 10. 21 ˙ Commission’s consent needed for change or amendment 37.(1) A change of an organisation’s name or an amendment of its eligibility rules is ineffective unless the commission consents to it. (2) The commission may consent, wholly or partly, to the change or amendment only if satisfied it has been made under the organisation’s rules. (3) The commission may refuse to consent to an amendment of an organisation’s eligibility rules if satisfied the amendment— (a) would contravene an agreement or understanding to which the organisation is a party; and (b) deals with the organisation’s right to represent under this Act, the industrial interests of a particular class or group of persons. (4) The commission may refuse to consent to an amendment of an employee organisation’s eligibility rules if it— (a) is satisfied the amendment would change the effect of an order made by the full bench under the Workplace Relations Act 1997 , section 293, or given effect to under section 513 of that Act, about the right of the organisation to represent the industrial interests of a particular class or group of employees; and (b) considers that the change would give rise to a serious risk of a demarcation dispute that would prevent, obstruct or restrict the performance of work in an industry, or harm an employer’s business. 19 Section 44 (Rules contravening s 22) 20 Part 9 (Amalgamating industrial organisations) 21 Part 10 (Withdrawal from amalgamations)

s 38 43 s 39 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit the grounds on which the commission may refuse to consent to an amendment of an organisation’s eligibility rules. (6) The commission may not consent to an amendment of an organisation’s eligibility rules if, for a person who would be eligible for membership because of the amendment, the commission considers there is another organisation— (a) to which the person might more conveniently belong; and (b) that would effectively represent the person. (7) Despite subsection (6), the commission may consent to an amendment if, for an employee organisation, it accepts an undertaking it considers appropriate from the organisation to avoid demarcation disputes that might otherwise arise from an overlap between the organisation’s eligibility rules and those of another organisation. ˙ New name must be different from other organisations 38. The commission must not consent to a change of an organisation’s name unless satisfied the proposed new name is not— (a) the same as the name of another organisation; or (b) so similar to another organisation’s name as to be likely to cause confusion. ˙ When name change or rule amendment takes effect 39. If the commission consents to a change of an organisation’s name or an amendment of its eligibility rules, it takes effect on— (a) if a day is specified in the consent—the day; or (b) otherwise—on the day of the consent.

s 40 44 s 40 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 Division 5—Amending rules ˙ Approval of rule amendments—Cwlth s 205 40. The registrar may approve a proposed amendment of an organisation’s rules, other than an amendment of its eligibility rules. (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to an amendment— (a) adopting model election rules without change under section 31; 22 or (b) ordered, directed or decided, and prepared by— (i) the court; or (ii) the commission; or (iii) the registrar. (3) The registrar must approve a proposed amendment if satisfied the amendment— (a) is not contrary to this Act or to law; and (b) is made under the organisation’s rules. (4) After a proposed amendment has been filed with the registrar, the registrar may, with the organisation’s consent, alter the amendment to correct a typographical, clerical or formal error. (5) The registrar must register an approved amendment. (6) An amendment becomes effective— (a) for an amendment adopting the model election rules without change—when notice is given to the registrar under section 31(1); 23 or (b) for an amendment mentioned in subsection (2)(b)—from the day of the order, direction or decision; or (c) otherwise—when registered. 22 Section 31 (Adoption of entire model election rules without change) 23 Section 31 (Adoption of entire model election rules without change)

s 41 45 s 42 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ˙ Registrar may amend rules—Cwlth s 203 41.(1) The registrar may amend an organisation’s rules if the registrar— (a) considers the rules do not make provision as required by this Act; and (b) has given the organisation an opportunity to be heard on the matter as prescribed under a regulation. (2) The amendment— (a) must be made by instrument; and (b) becomes effective when the instrument is made. ˙ Commission may amend rules if undertaking breached—Cwlth s 203A 42.(1) This section applies if— (a) in the course of an organisation’s registration under section 11, 24 an undertaking was given under section 11(4) or 37(7); and (b) the organisation has breached the undertaking. (2) The commission may amend the organisation’s rules in a way it considers necessary to remove an overlap between the organisation’s eligibility rules and those of another organisation. (3) The commission must give the organisation and the other organisation an opportunity to be heard on the matter as prescribed under a regulation. (4) An amendment— (a) must be made by instrument; and (b) takes effect on the day the instrument is made. 24 Section 11 (Registration criteria—employee associations other than enterprise associations)

s 43 46 s 44 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ˙ Some amendments to be recorded 43. If an organisation amends its name or its eligibility rules under this Act, the registrar must— (a) for an amendment of name— (i) enter the new name in the register; and (ii) amend the organisation’s registration certificate and return it to the organisation as soon as practicable after the organisation produces it to the registrar; and (b) for an amendment of eligibility rules—enter particulars of the amendment in the register. PART 4—VALIDITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH RULES ˙ Rules contravening s 22 44.(1) An organisation member or the chief inspector may apply to the court for an order about an organisation’s rules. (2) The order may declare that— (a) the whole, or a part of, an organisation’s rules contravene section 22; 25 or (b) an organisation’s rules contravene section 22 in a stated way. (3) The organisation must be given an opportunity to be heard by the court. (4) Without limiting any of its other powers to adjourn proceedings under this section, the court may adjourn proceedings for a stated period on terms it considers appropriate to give the organisation an opportunity to amend its rules. 25 Section 22 (General requirements for rules)

s 45 47 s 45 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 (5) The court may make an interim order it considers appropriate for the proceeding. (6) An interim order ends— (a) when the proceeding in which it is made ends; or (b) at an earlier time stated in the order; or (c) if it is discharged. (7) If the order declares the whole or a part of a rule contravenes section 22, the rule or the part of the rule, is taken to be void from the making of the order. (8) The appropriate authority may amend an organisation’s rules to comply with section 22 for the matters that gave rise to the order if the authority— (a) is satisfied the rules have not been amended as required within 3 months of the making of the order; and (b) has given the organisation an opportunity to be heard. (9) However, if an organisation applies within 3 months of the making of the order, or within any extension of that period, the appropriate authority may extend the period mentioned in subsection (8)(a). (10) In this section— “appropriate authority” means— (a) for an organisation’s eligibility rules—the commission; or (b) for other rules—the registrar. ˙ Directions to perform rules 45.(1) An organisation member or the chief inspector may apply to the court for an order directing a person obliged to perform or observe the organisation’s rules to perform or observe the rules. (2) The court must give an opportunity to be heard to— (a) the organisation; and (b) a person against whom the order is sought.

s 283 215 Industrial Organisations s 285 No. 2, 1997 (2) In this section— “document” means a document or a copy of a document authorised by, or for— (a) a candidate in an election; or (b) an organisation or association that is carrying out an amalgamation under part 9; or (c) a constituent part that is seeking a withdrawal from amalgamation under part 10. “protected person” means— (a) the State; or (b) an electoral officer; or (c) a person acting at the request or direction of an electoral officer; or (d) a returning officer who gives or publishes material under section 25(1)(c). 187 ˙ References to making false or misleading statements 283. A reference in this Act to a person making a statement knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular includes a reference to the person making the statement being reckless about whether the statement is false or misleading in a material particular. ˙ References to engaging in conduct 284. A reference in this Act to engaging in conduct includes a reference to being, directly or indirectly, a party to or concerned in the conduct. ˙ Filing details of loans, grants and donations 285.(1) An organisation must— (a) as soon as is practicable after the end of each financial year, file with the registrar a statement showing the appropriate details of 187 Section 25 (Rules for elections and ballots)

s 285 216 Industrial Organisations s 285 No. 2, 1997 loans, grants or donations made by the organisation to anyone during the financial year of more than, or if added together more than, $1 000; and (b) ensure that the statement is signed by an officer of the organisation. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (2) The organisation must not file a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular to the knowledge of the officer who signed it. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (3) A complaint against an organisation for an offence against subsection (2) is sufficient if it states the statement made was false or misleading in a material particular. (4) A statement filed with the registrar may be inspected, during office hours, by a member of the organisation that filed it. (5) If an organisation has branches, this section applies— (a) to the organisation—as if loans, grants or donations made by a branch were not made by the organisation; and (b) to a branch—as if it were an organisation. (6) In subsection (5), a branch and the organisation’s members forming the branch are taken to be members of the branch. (7) In this section— “appropriate details” of loans, grants or donations means— (a) for a loan— (i) the amount of the loan; and (ii) the reason for the loan; and (iii) the security given for the loan; and (iv) unless the loan was to relieve a member or member’s dependant from severe financial hardship—the borrower’s name and address and the arrangements to repay the loan; or (b) for a grant or donation— (i) the amount of the grant or donation; and

s 286 217 Industrial Organisations s 289 No. 2, 1997 (ii) the reason for the grant or donation; and (iii) unless the grant or donation was to relieve a member or member’s dependant from severe financial hardship—the name and address of the person it was made to. ˙ Documents open to inspection 286.(1) An organisation’s rules and members and officers registers filed with the registrar are open to inspection by a person paying the fee stated in the rules of court. (2) An organisation or branch must give a copy of its rules to a person who asks for a copy and pays an amount not more than the amount prescribed under a regulation. ˙ Nomination for amounts payable on member’s death 287.(1) A member of an organisation may give the organisation notice nominating a person to whom amounts payable on the member’s death are to be paid. (2) A person may not be nominated if the person is the organisation’s officer or employee, unless the person is the spouse, parent, child, sibling, nephew or niece of the nominator. (3) The member may cancel or amend the nomination by giving notice to the organisation. (4) On receiving satisfactory proof of the nominator’s death the organisation must pay the nominee the amount owing on the nominator’s death. ˙ Notices and applications to be written 288. Unless otherwise provided, if a person must give a notice or make an application under this Act, the notice or application must be written. ˙ Functions and powers of registrar 289.(1) The registrar—

s 290 218 Industrial Organisations s 291 No. 2, 1997 (a) administers the registrar’s office for the purpose of this Act; and (b) for the court and commission—must perform the functions, and may exercise the powers, prescribed under a regulation or provided for under the rules of court for the purpose of this Act; and (c) has any other function conferred on the registrar under this Act. (2) In performing a function or exercising a power under subsection (1)(b), the registrar must comply with a direction given in relation to the performance or exercise by the president or a member of the commission. (3) The registrar must keep a register of organisations. (4) The registrar has the power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for the performance of the registrar’s functions. ˙ Delegation by registrar 290. The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to— (a) an assistant registrar; or (b) an appropriately qualified person nominated by the president; or (c) an appropriately qualified officer of the court or commission. ˙ Protection from liability 291.(1) An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under this Act. (2) If subsection (1) prevents civil liability attaching to a person, the liability attaches instead to the State. (3) In this section— “official” means— (a) the Minister; or (b) the chief executive; or (c) the employment advocate; or

s 292 219 Industrial Organisations s 293 No. 2, 1997 (d) the Commonwealth employment advocate; or (e) the registrar; or (f) an officer of the court or commission; or (g) the chief inspector. ˙ Stamp duty 292.(1) Despite any other Act, stamp duty is not payable on— (a) an instrument evidencing a transfer of property from trustees of an organisation to the organisation, or an agreement relating to the transfer; or (b) a certificate executed under, or to give effect to, this Act. (c) a transfer instrument. (2) In this section— “transfer instrument” means an instrument that transfers any property— (a) to an amalgamated organisation because of an amalgamation under part 9; 188 or (b) to an organisation registered under section 175 189 to give effect to an order made under section 174(1)(b). 190 ˙ Inaccurate descriptions 293. No misnomer, inaccurate description or omission in or from a document given under this Act prevents or abridges the operation of this Act in relation to the subject matter of the misnomer, inaccurate description or omission, if the subject matter is sufficiently clear to be understood. 188 Part 9 (Amalgamating industrial organisations) 189 Section 175 (Registration of constituent part—Cwlth s 253ZQ) 190 Section 174 (Deciding the day of withdrawal—Cwlth s 253ZP)

s 294 220 Industrial Organisations s 296 No. 2, 1997 ˙ Regulation-making power 294.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. (2) A regulation may— (a) impose fees; and (b) create offences and prescribe penalties (including different penalties for successive offences) of not more than 20 penalty units for each offence; and (c) make provision about candidates disclosing campaign funds for elections. PART 19—SAVINGS, TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER AMENDMENTS ˙ Definition for pt 19 295. In this part— “former industrial Act” means— (a) the repealed Act; or (b) the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1961 . ˙ Continued registration of organisations 296.(1) The registration of an industrial organisation registered under a former industrial Act immediately before the commencement is continued under this Act. (2) The organisation is taken to be registered as an organisation under this Act at the commencement. (3) The name of an organisation under a former industrial Act is unchanged under this Act. (4) The organisation is and continues to be the same body corporate under this Act without any break in, or change to, its corporate identity.

s 297 221 Industrial Organisations s 299 No. 2, 1997 ˙ Registrar may amend name of union 297. The registrar, may on the application of a union of employers or employees under a former industrial Act registered at the commencement, amend the applicant’s name to contain the word ‘organisation’ instead of the word ‘union’. ˙ Savings—agreements etc. 298.(1) This section applies to an agreement, decision, exemption, judgment, notice, order, ruling, permit or other act of authority that was— (a) made, given, done, or approved under a provision of the repealed Act for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act; and (b) in force immediately before the commencement. (2) The agreement, decision, exemption, judgment, notice, order, ruling, permit or other act of authority— (a) continues in force as if it had been made, given, done or approved under the corresponding provision of this Act; and (b) may be revoked, amended, suspended or modified under this Act. ˙ Savings—proceedings 299.(1) This section applies to a proceeding— (a) started before the commencement under a provision of the repealed Act for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act; and (b) not finished on the day of the repealed Act’s repeal. (2) The proceeding may be carried on and prosecuted as if it had been started under the corresponding provision of this Act. (3) If the proceeding is one in which the entity before whom it was started had jurisdiction under the repealed Act but does not have jurisdiction under this Act—

s 300 222 Industrial Organisations s 301 No. 2, 1997 (a) if the proceeding is part heard at the commencement—it is to be completed before that entity which, for this purpose, is taken to have jurisdiction as if this Act had not been enacted; or (b) if the proceeding is not part heard at the commencement—it is to be completed before the entity which has jurisdiction under this Act, as if it had been started before that entity under this Act in the first instance. (4) A proceeding is taken to be part heard after commencement of the hearing until the decision in the proceeding is given. ˙ References to former industrial Acts 300.(1) In an Act or document a reference to a provision of a former industrial Act may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to any corresponding provision that may be enacted in this Act. 191 Example of a reference under subsection (1)— A reference to section 336 of the repealed Act in the Hypothetical Act is taken to be a reference to section 21 of this Act. ˙ Transitional provision about rules 301.(1) Section 23(1)(q) to (v) 192 does not apply to an existing organisation until 18 months the ( “transitional period” ) after the commencement. (2) If an existing organisation applies to the registrar before the end of the transitional period for an extension of the transitional period the registrar may extend it for a further period of 1 year for the organisation. (3) This section expires 30 months after the commencement. (4) In this section— “existing organisation” means an industrial organisation registered under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement. 191 The Workplace Relations Act 1997 has similar provision to this section for a similar purpose. 192 Section 23 (Content of rules)

s 302 223 Industrial Organisations s 304 No. 2, 1997 ˙ Cost of copy of rules 302.(1) Until another amount is prescribed under a regulation for section 286(2) 193 the amount payable is to be not more than $5.00. (2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement unless an earlier day is prescribed under a regulation. ˙ Appointments continue 303. A person who immediately before the commencement held an office or appointment under the repealed Act and for which there is a corresponding office or appointment under this Act continues to hold the office or appointment, but does so under this Act. ˙ Amended Acts—sch 2 304.(1) Schedule 2 amends the Act mentioned in it. (2) This section and schedule 2 expire at the end of the day after commencement. 193 Section 286 (Documents open to inspection)

224 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ¡ SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS OF WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1997 THAT APPLY TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT section 273 Chapter 7, part 1, division 3— • sDeecctisoinon26o2f f(ull industrial court) Chapter 7, part 2, division 3— • Cseocmtiomnis2s8io0n(to take account of Anti-Discrimination Act) • section 284 (Re-allocation of commission’s work) • section 285 (Commission may continue to hear re-allocated work without rehearing evidence) • section 286 (Decision of full bench) Chapter 7, part 2, division 5— • section 289 (General powers) • section 291 (Power to grant injunctions) • section 294 (Procedures for reopening) • section 295 (Reference to full bench) • section 296 (Case stated to court) • section 297 (Remission to magistrate) • section 298 (Power to enter and inspect) Chapter 7, part 3, division 4— • section 312 (Magistrate’s powers on remission) Chapter 7, part 6, division 1— • section 331 (Definitions for pt 6) • section 332 (Starting proceedings) • section 333 (Service of process)

225 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) • section 334 (Representation of parties) • section 335 (Basis of procedures and decisions of the commission and magistrates) • section 336 (Competence and compellability of witnesses) • section 337 (Intervention by State or Minister) • section 338 (Adjournment by registrar) • section 339 (State employee to give information) • section 340 (Exercise of commission’s powers) • section 341 (Interlocutory proceedings and chamber matters) • section 342 (Power to order inquiry or taking of evidence) • section 343 (Power to administer oath) • section 344 (Powers incidental to exercise of jurisdiction) • section 345 (Power to obtain data and expert evidence) • section 346 (Decisions generally) • section 347 (Reserved decisions) • section 348 (Commission decisions to be in plain English) • section 349 (Extent of decisions and their execution) • section 350 (Costs) • section 351 (Enforcing commission’s orders) • section 352 (Remedies on show cause) • section 353 (Proceeding of commission or magistrate not to be questioned) • section 354 (Filing magistrate’s decision) • section 355 (Recovery of amounts under orders) • section 356 (Protections and immunities) • section 357 (Rules of court) • section 358 (Directions about practice) Chapter 11— • section 454 (General application of jurisdictional provisions) • section 455 (Evidentiary provisions affecting proceeding under Act)

226 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) • section 456 (Confidential material tendered in evidence) • section 457 (Evidentiary value at large of official records) • section 458 (Proof of certain facts by statement) • section 460 (Offence proceedings generally)

227 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ¡ SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (PROTECTION FROM INVALIDITIES) ACT 1991 section 304 1. Section 3— omit, insert— ‘ Application of other Acts ‘ 3. This Act is to be read and construed with the Industrial Organisations Act 1997 and the Workplace Relations Act 1997 as part of those Acts.’. 2. Section 4, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Definitions ’. 3. Section 4, definitions “Commonwealth Act”, “federal organisation” and “previous Act”— omit . 4. Section 4— insert — ‘ “commission” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “Commonwealth Act” see Industrial Organisations Act 1997 , dictionary. “counterpart federal body” see Industrial Organisations Act 1997 , dictionary. “federal organisation” see Industrial Organisations Act 1997 , dictionary.

228 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 2 (continued) “full court” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “organisation” see Industrial Organisations Act 1997 , dictionary. “previous Act” means the Industrial Relations Act 1990 or another Act in existence before that Act that provided for the registration of industrial organisations. “provisional certificate” means a provisional certificate issued under section 10. 194 “registrar” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary.’. 5. Section 4(2)— omit. 6. Section 6(3)— omit, insert— ‘ (3) An invalidity specified in a certificate may be an invalidity that— (a) consists of, results from or arises out of a contravention of— (i) a requirement of the Industrial Organisations Act 1997 or a previous Act; or (ii) a requirement of a rule of an organisation; and (b) happened because an organisation or a body or person acted or purported to act for an organisation in reliance on— (i) a provision of the Commonwealth Act applicable to a counterpart federal body of the organisation; or (ii) a provision of a rule of a counterpart federal body of the organisation.’. 194 Section 10 (Provisional certificate)

229 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 2 (continued) 7. Section 6(6), words before paragraph (a)— omit, insert— ‘ (6) A certificate may apply to a specified invalidity happening—’. 8. Section 6(8) and (9)— omit. 9. Section 8(a), after ‘exist’— insert— ‘before or after the certificate’s issue’. 10. Section 8(b), after ‘provide for’— insert— ‘, and is likely to continue to provide for,’. 11. Section 8(c), after ‘not carried out’— insert— ‘or are likely not to be carried out’. 12. Section 9(3), ‘section 85 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 .’— omit, insert— ‘the Workplace Relations Act 1997 , section 322. 195 ’. 195 WorkplaceRelationsAct1997 , section 322 (Reference of matter to Commonwealth official)

230 Industrial Organisations SCHEDULE 2 (continued) 13. Section 10(1), after ‘provide for’— insert— ‘, and are likely to continue to provide for,’. No. 2, 1997 14. Section 11(1), ‘ Industrial Relations Act 1990 ’— omit, insert— ‘ Industrial Organisations Act 1997 ’. 15. Section 13(1) and(2), ‘section 309(1) of the Industrial Relations Act1990 ’— omit, insert— ‘the Industrial Organisations Act 1997 , section 184(1)’. 196 16. Section 13(2), ‘ Industrial Relations Act 1990. ’— omit, insert— ‘ Industrial Organisations Act 1997. ’. 17. Section 15, ‘ Industrial Relations Act 1990 ’— omit, insert— ‘ Industrial Organisations Act 1997 or the WorkplaceRelationsAct1997 ’. 18. Section 15, ‘that Act’— omit, insert— ‘either Act’. 196 Section 187 (Cancelling registration for industrial conduct)

231 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 2 (continued) 19. Section 16(1) and (2), ‘ Industrial Relations Act 1990 ’— omit, insert— ‘ Industrial Organisations Act 1997 or the WorkplaceRelationsAct1997 ’. 20. After section 16— insert— ‘ References to certain terms ‘ 17.(1) In this Act, a reference to— (a) the Full Industrial Court is a reference to the full court; and (b) the Industrial Commission is a reference to the commission; and (c) an industrial organisation is a reference to an organisation; and (d) the Industrial Registrar is a reference to the registrar. ‘ (2) This section expires on the day of the next reprint of the Act produced under the ReprintsAct1992 , unless it sooner expires under section 18. ‘ Expiry of Act ‘ 18. This Act expires 18 months after the Industrial Organisations Act1997 , section 3 197 commences. ‘ Effect of expiry on certificates ‘ 19.(1) A certificate expires when this Act expires. ‘ (2) However, the certificate continues to apply to an invalidity specified in it if the invalidity happened before the expiry. ‘ (3) In this section— 197 Industrial Organisations Act , section 3 (Objects of Act)

232 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 2 (continued) “certificate” includes a provisional certificate and a provisional certificate made absolute under section 10. 198 ‘ Effect of expiry on applications ‘ 20.(1) This section applies if— (a) an organisation or person applied for a certificate before this Act expires; and (b) the commission has not decided the application or has issued a provisional certificate. ‘ (2) The commission may only issue a certificate or make a provisional certificate absolute for an invalidity that happened before the expiry.’. 198 Section 10 (Provisional certificate)

233 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 ¡ SCHEDULE 3 DICTIONARY section 4 “accounting deficiency” see section 204(2)(e). “accounting records” see section 198(1)(a). “accounts” means— (a) if a certificate has been given to the organisation for a financial year under section 223(1) 199 —the prescribed accounts and other statements for the year under section 223(6); or (b) the prescribed accounts and other statements the organisation must give for each of its financial years under section 199; 200 or (c) otherwise—see section 199. “alternative ballot” , for part 9, see section 96. “alternative provision” , for part 9, see section 96. “amalgamated organisation” for— (a) for part 9, see section 96; or (b) for part 10, see section 160. “amalgamation day” , for part 9, see section 96. “amalgamation hearing” , for part 9, see section 96. “appropriately qualified” , for a person to whom a power under this Act may be delegated, includes having the qualifications, experience or standing appropriate to exercise the power. Example of ‘standing’— A person’s classification level in the public service. 199 Section 223 (Accounts and audits for low income organisations) 200 Section 199 (Preparing accounts)

234 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “approving organisation” , for part 9, see section 96. “audit report” see section 204(1). “Australian accounting standards” , for part 12, see section 194. “authorised person” , for part 9, see section 96. “award” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “ballot” means— (a) for part 9, see section 96; or (b) for part 10, see section 160. “ballot application” , for part 9, see section 96. “ballot conditions” , for part 9, see section 96. “ballot exemption” , for part 9, see section 96. “ballot records” , for an election or ballot, means any ballot papers, envelopes or other records that have been used for or in connection with, the election or ballot. “branch” means a branch of an organisation and includes a section, division, chapter, or other group within the industrial organisation, however called, that has an executive or governing body, or officers. “calling” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “cancellation” , for an organisation, means the cancellation of its registration. “casual vacancy” means a vacancy in the term of an office because of the death, resignation or removal from office of the office holder. “cause” means an industrial cause under the WorkplaceRelationsAct1997 . “certified agreement” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “chief commissioner” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “chief inspector” means the chief inspector under the Workplace RelationsAct 1997 . “collective body” for part 13, see section 232.

235 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “commission” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “commissioner” means a commissioner under the Workplace RelationsAct 1997 , other than the enterprise commissioner. “committee meeting” , for an association or organisation, means a meeting of the association’s or organisation’s management committee. “committee member” , for an association or organisation, means a member of the association’s or organisation’s management committee. “Commonwealth Act” means the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cwlth). “Commonwealth employment advocate” means a Commonwealth employment advocate under the Workplace Relations Act 1997 . “community of interest declaration” , for part 9, see section 96. “completed amalgamation” , for part 9, see section 96. “conduct” for part 14, see section 236. “constituent member” for part 10, see section 160. “constituent part” for part 10, see section 160. “convicted of a prescribed offence” , for part 7, see section 75. “convicted person” , for part 7, see section 75. “counterpart federal body” see section 33. “court” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “defect” includes a nullity, omission, error and irregularity. “demarcation dispute” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “deregistered organisation” means a deregistered organisation under section 96. “deregistration” , for part 9, see section 96. “EFA” means an enterprise flexibility agreement under the IndustrialRelations Act 1990 that has effect under the Workplace Relations Act1997 . “election” means an election for an office in an organisation or branch.

236 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “electoral commission” means the Electoral Commission of Queensland “electoralofficer” means the electoral commissioner, the deputy electoral commissioner or a member of the staff of the electoral commission. “eligibilityrules” , for an organisation or association of persons, means the rules of the organisation or association about eligibility for its membership. “employee” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “employee organisation” , means an organisation of employees. “employer” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “employer organisation” , means an organisation of employers. “employment advocate” means an employment advocate under the Workplace Relations Act 1997 . “enterprise” , for part 2, see section 6. “enterprise association” , for part 2, see section 6. “existing organisation” , for part 9, see section 96. “federal organisation” means an organisation under the Commonwealth Act. “federation” , for part 9, see section 96. “financial year” , for an organisation, means— (a) the period of 1 year beginning on 1 July; or (b) if the rules of the organisation provide for another period of 1 year as its financial year— (i) that other period; and (ii) in part 12—if section 195(2) applies—the period mentioned that section. “finishing day” , for part 9, see section 96. “former industrial Act” for part 19, see section 295. “full bench” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary.

237 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “full court” means the Full Industrial Court under the Workplace RelationsAct 1997 . “general meeting” , of an association or organisation, means a general meeting of the association’s or organisation’s members. “industrial action” means— (a) for part 14, see section 236; or (b) otherwise—see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “industrial agreement” means an industrial agreement under the IndustrialRelationsAct1990 that has effect under the WorkplaceRelations Act 1997 . “industrial association” , for part 14, see section 236. “industrial body” , for part 14, see section 236. “industrial dispute” means— (a) for part 14—an industrial dispute under section 236; or (b) otherwise—see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “industrial instrument” for part 14, see section 236. “industrial law” , for part 14, see section 236. “industrial matter” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “instrument” , for part 9, see section 96. “interest” , for a company, includes a prescribed interest made available by the company within the meaning of the CorporationsLaw, section 9. 201 “invalidity” includes a defect and in part 9 includes the matters stated in section 232, definition “invalidity”. “irregularity” includes— (a) a contravention of an organisation’s rules, but in part 7 does not include an irregularity for a ballot; and 201 Corporations Law, section 9 (Dictionary)

238 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) (b) for an election or ballot—an act or omission by means of which the following is, or attempted to be, prevented— (i) the full and free recording of votes by all persons who may record a vote and by no other persons; or (ii) a correct ascertainment or declaration of the results of the voting. “magistrate” means an industrial magistrate. “management committee” , for an association, organisation or branch of an organisation means the body of persons, however called, that manages its affairs. “members register” , for an organisation, means the register of its members required to be kept under section 82(1). “model election rules” means model election rules under section 29. “newly registered organisation” , for part 10, see section 160. “ ‘no’ case” , for part 9, see section 96. “office” , for an organisation, branch of an organisation or an association (an “entity” ) means— (a) an office of president, vice-president, secretary or assistant secretary; or (b) the office of a voting member of a collective body that has power in relation to the following functions— (i) the management of the affairs of the entity; (ii) the determination of policy for the entity; (iii) the making, alteration or rescission of rules of the entity; (iv) the enforcing or functions for enforcing rules of the entity; or (c) an office for which the holder may under the entity’s rules exercise the functions mentioned in paragraph (b)(i) and (iv), other than a holder only participating under directions of a collective body or another person to implement— (i) existing policy of the entity; or

239 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) (ii) decisions concerning the entity; or (d) an office for which the holder may under the entity’s rules exercise the functions mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) and (iii); or (e) the office of a person holding (whether as trustee or otherwise) property— (i) of the entity; or (ii) that the entity has a beneficial interest in; or (f) an office in a branch of an entity. “officer” means— (a) for part 14, see section 236; or (b) otherwise—for an organisation, or branch of an organisation—a person who holds an office in the organisation or branch. “officers register” , for an organisation, means the register of its officers required to be kept under section 82(1). “omission” , for part 13, see section 232. “ordinary election” means an election held under rules complying with section 25. “organisation” means— (a) for part 14, see section 236; or (b) otherwise— (i) an association of employers or employees registered under this Act as— (A) an industrial organisation of employers; or (B) an industrial organisation of employees; or (ii) an association of employers or employees, the continuity of whose registration as an industrial union under an Act was preserved by the IndustrialRelationsAct1990 or by this Act. “party” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary.

240 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “place” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “political objects” see section 224. “political objects fund” means a political objects fund under section 225. “postal ballot” means a ballot by which— (a) a ballot paper is sent by prepaid post to each person who may vote; and (b) facilities are provided for returning the completed ballot paper by post by the voter without expense to the voter. “prescribed offence” , for part 7, see section 75. “president” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “prevent” includes hinder and obstruct. “prohibited reason” see section 238. “proposed alternative amalgamation” , for part 9, see section 96. “proposed amalgamated organisation” , for part 9, see section 96. “proposed amalgamation” , for part 9, see section 96. “proposed deregistering organisation” , for part 9, see section 96. “proposed organisation” means an association proposed to be registered as an organisation. “proposed principal amalgamation” , for part 9, see section 96. “QWA” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “record” includes a document. “registered company auditor” see the Corporations Law. “registrar” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “registration” means registration under this Act as an organisation. “relevant act” , for part 9, division 6, see section 154(1). “repealed Act” means the Industrial Relations Act 1990 . “rules of court” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary.

241 Industrial Organisations No. 2, 1997 SCHEDULE 3 (continued) “scheme” , for part 9, see section 96. “scheme outline” , for part 9, see section 96. “starting day” , for part 9, see section 96. “strike” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “the register” means the register of industrial organisations kept by the registrar under section 289. “wages” see Workplace Relations Act 1997 , dictionary. “ ‘yes’ case” , for part 9, see section 96. © State of Queensland 1997