Section 237 - Industrial Relations Act 1996 - Rules to provide for procedural and administrative matters

237Rules to provide for procedural and administrative matters

Start here

Get a plain-English read of 237

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Industrial Relations Act 1996.

237 Rules to provide for procedural and administrative matters

(1) The rules of a State organisation must provide for—

(a) the entrance fees, subscription, affiliation and other amounts (if any) to be paid by members of the organisation, and

(b) the procedure (if any) for the disciplining of members and the mechanism (if any) for appeals by members in respect of disciplinary action taken against them, and

(c) the name, constitution, membership, powers and duties of the committees of, and the powers and duties of holders of offices in, the organisation and, in particular—

(i) the election or appointment of members of the committees, and

(ii) the terms of office of members of the committees, and

(iii) the grounds on which, or the reasons for which, the office of a member of a committee becomes vacant, and

(iv) the filling of casual vacancies occurring on the committees, and

(v) the quorum and procedure at meetings of the committees, and

(d) the manner of summoning meetings of members of the organisation and meetings of the committees of the organisation, and

(e) the quorum and procedure at general meetings of members of the organisation and whether members are entitled to vote by proxy at general meetings, and

(f) the intervals between general meetings of members of the organisation and the manner of calling general meetings, and

(g) the time within which, and the manner in which, notices of general meetings and notices of motion are to be given, published or circulated, and

(h) the removal of holders of offices in the organisation, and

(i) the control of committees of the organisation by the members of the organisation, and

(j) the sources from which the funds of the organisation are to be, or may be, derived, and

(k) the manner in which the funds of the organisation are to be managed and, in particular, the mode of drawing and signing cheques on behalf of the organisation, and