124Change of name or alteration of eligibility rules of organisation—objections (s 158)

124 Change of name or alteration of eligibility rules of organisation—objections (s 158)

(1) Any interested organisation, association or person (the objector) may, no later than 35 days after a notice of the receipt of an application under subregulation 121(1) (the original application) is published in the Gazette, lodge with the FWC a notice of objection to the change of name, or the alteration of the eligibility rules, to which the original application relates. (2) The notice of objection must: (a) be lodged with the FWC; and (b) comply with the requirements of regulation 14. (3) The FWC may allow an objector to amend a notice of objection if: (a) a further application is made; and (b) the objector satisfies the FWC that the objector has further grounds for objection arising from the application mentioned in paragraph (a). (4) Within 7 days after a notice of objection is lodged with the FWC, the objector must serve a copy of the notice on the organisation that lodged the original application. (5) An organisation: (a) may, no later than 14 days after service on it under subregulation (4) of a copy of the notice of objection, lodge with the FWC, in answer to the objection, a written statement signed by an officer of the organisation authorised to sign the statement; and (b) must, no later than 7 days after lodging a written statement under paragraph (a), serve a copy of the statement on the objector.