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Industrial Relations Act 1996
303Meaning of “trade union”
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303 Meaning of “trade union”
303 Meaning of “trade union”
A trade union is any temporary or permanent combination (whether or not registered as an industrial organisation under this Act)—
(a) for regulating the relations between—
(i) employees and employers, or
(ii) employees and employees, or
(iii) employers and employers, or
(b) for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business,
whether or not such a combination would, except for this Act, be an unlawful combination because one or more of its purposes is in restraint of trade.