153Application for determination of reporting units (s 246(1)(a))

#### 153 Application for determination of reporting units (s 246(1)(a)) (1) For paragraph 246(1)(a) of the Act, an application must be lodged with the FWC, together with the following: (a) a declaration signed by the secretary or an officer of the organisation authorised to make the declaration verifying the facts set out in the application and in the documents being lodged with the application; (b) details of the existing reporting units; (c) details of the proposed alternative division into reporting units; (d) a copy of the resolutions in favour of the proposed division made by the respective committees of management of the organisation and of each branch affected by the proposed division; (e) a statement of reasons supporting the proposed division which specifically addresses how the level of financial information that would be available to members affected would be adequate and relevant to them. (2) An organisation that has a web site must publish on its web site a notice that it has lodged the application mentioned in subregulation (1). (3) A notice published under subregulation (2) must remain on the web site until: (a) the application mentioned in subregulation (1) is rejected by the General Manager; or (b) the General Manager revokes a certificate under subsection 249(1) of the Act, relating to the application mentioned in subregulation (1). (4) An organisation that does not have a web site must publish a notice that it has lodged the application mentioned in subregulation (1) in a manner that is reasonably accessible to the organisation’s members. > Note: Examples > Note: 1 Publishing the notice in a public notice in a newspaper. > Note: 2 Publishing the notice in the organisation’s official union journal.