19Amendment of rules following cancellation of registration

19 Amendment of rules following cancellation of registration

19 Amendment of rules following cancellation of registration

(1) If the registration of an industrial organisation is cancelled by operation of section 17, the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session, on application by the Minister or of its own motion, may order that the rules of another industrial organisation be amended so as to make eligible for membership of that other industrial organisation persons who were members of the industrial organisation the registration of which was cancelled.

(2) If the rules of an industrial organisation are amended under section 18 so as to terminate the membership of certain persons and to exclude those persons from eligibility for membership of the industrial organisation, the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session, on application by the Minister or of its own motion, may order that the rules of another industrial organisation be amended so as to make those persons eligible for membership of that other industrial organisation.

(3) The rules of the industrial organisation shall be taken to be amended—

(a) on the date of the order or, if a later date is specified in the order for that purpose, on the later date so specified, and

(b) in the manner specified in the order.

(4) An amendment under this section to the rules of an industrial organisation may be further amended or revoked pursuant to this Act or any other law providing for the amendment or revocation of those rules.

s 19: Am 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1996 No 17, Sch 5; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.17 [2]; 2023 No 41, Sch 2.16[2].