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Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009
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#### 8A Prescribing federal counterpart
(1) For subsection 9A(1) of the Act, an organisation mentioned in column 3 of an item in Schedule 1A is prescribed as the federal counterpart of an association of employers or employees registered under a State or Territory industrial law mentioned in column 2 of the item.
> Note: Subsection 9A(2) of the Act sets out the circumstances in which an organisation is a federal counterpart of an association of employers or employees registered under a State or Territory industrial law, if subsection 9A(1) does not apply to the association.
(2) To avoid doubt, the validity or operation of an item in Schedule 1A is not affected merely because:
(a) the name of an organisation or association changes for a reason that is not associated with a change in eligibility rules or coverage; or
(b) an error or misdescription is made in the name of an organisation or association.