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Industrial Relations Act 1979
Div 4Registered organisations and associations
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Division 4 — Registered organisations and associations
52. Terms used 178
52A. Counterpart federal body 179
53. Organisations of employees that may be registered 180
54. Organisations of employers that may be registered 181
55. Applications for registration under s. 53 or 54 181
56. Rules of organisations to provide for secret ballots etc. at elections 184
56A. Casual vacancies, rules as to filling 186
57. Elections by direct voting system to be by secret postal ballot 187
58. Registering organisations, rules etc. 188
59. Names of registered organisations, restrictions on 189
60. Organisation becomes incorporated on registration 189
61. Effect of registration 190
62. Altering registered rules 190
63. Records, organisations’ duties as to etc. 191
64. Membership register, Registrar may direct rectification of etc. 192
65. Accounts of organisation, audit and filing of 193
65A. Auditor’s powers 194
66. Power of Chief Commissioner to deal with rules of organisation 194
67. Registering associations 197
68. Declaration as to certain functions 197
69. Election, conduct of by Registrar or Electoral Commissioner 198
70. Offences in relation to elections 200
71. Rules of State and federal organisations as to membership and offices 202
71A. State organisation may adopt rules of federal organisation 206
72. Amalgamated organisations, registration of 207
72A. Orders as to the employees represented by employee organisation 208
72B. AMA may represent interests of medical practitioners 210
73. Cancelling and suspending registration of organisation, procedure for 212