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Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009
116Prescriptions for purposes of paragraph 144(6)(b) and subsection 144(7) of the Act
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#### 116 Prescriptions for purposes of paragraph 144(6)(b) and subsection 144(7) of the Act
(1) For paragraph 144(6)(b) of the Act, the General Manager must, to give an organisation an opportunity to show cause why an exemption should not be revoked:
(a) fix a time and place at which the organisation may show cause; and
(b) give the organisation, not less than 7 days before the time so fixed, a written notice:
(i) containing particulars of the time and place fixed under paragraph (a); and
(ii) stating the reasons for the proposed revocation; and
(iii) notifying the organisation of its right to be heard, and to make submissions under subregulation (2), to show cause why an exemption should not be revoked.
(2) An organisation may, to show cause under subregulation (1), make submissions to the General Manager by either, or both, of the following:
(a) lodging with the FWC, not less than 2 days before the day fixed for the hearing, written submissions in relation to the matter;
(b) appearing at the hearing and making oral submissions to the General Manager.
(3) For subsection 144(7) of the Act, the General Manager must, to give an organisation an opportunity to be heard in relation to a proposal by the General Manager to determine certain alterations of the rules of the organisation under subsection 144(7) of the Act:
(a) fix a time and place at which the organisation may be heard in relation to the proposed determination; and
(b) give the organisation, not less than 7 days before the time so fixed, a written notice:
(i) containing particulars of the time and place fixed under paragraph (a); and
(ii) stating that, in relation to the revocation of an exemption granted to an organisation on a ground mentioned in paragraph 144(6)(b) of the Act, the General Manager proposes to determine that certain alterations of the rules of the organisation are necessary to bring them into conformity with subsection 144(1) of the Act; and
(iii) notifying the organisation of its right to be heard and to make submissions, under subregulation (4), in relation to the proposed determination.
(4) For the hearing mentioned in subregulation (3), the organisation may make submissions to the General Manager by either, or both, of the following:
(a) lodging with the FWC, not less than 2 days before the day fixed for the hearing, written submissions in relation to the determination;
(b) appearing at the hearing and making oral submissions to the General Manager.