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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.720Obligation to give union card
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### sec.720 Obligation to give union card
If a person is admitted to membership of an organisation or a person’s membership of an organisation is renewed, the organisation must give a union card to the person as soon as practicable after the admission or renewal.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
The giving of a union card under this section does not prevent the organisation making an application under division 2 or the commission making a decision or order under division 2 .
In this section—
union card means a document issued by an organisation acknowledging a person is a member of the organisation.
(sec.720-ssec.1) If a person is admitted to membership of an organisation or a person’s membership of an organisation is renewed, the organisation must give a union card to the person as soon as practicable after the admission or renewal. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.720-ssec.2) The giving of a union card under this section does not prevent the organisation making an application under division 2 or the commission making a decision or order under division 2 .
(sec.720-ssec.3) In this section— union card means a document issued by an organisation acknowledging a person is a member of the organisation.