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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.807Obligation to give notice of change or contravention
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### sec.807 Obligation to give notice of change or contravention
This section applies to an organisation that has been granted an exemption under section 804 if any of the following events happen—
it no longer has a counterpart federal body;
if it was exempted from keeping a members register—
its members are not recorded as members of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted in the body’s register of members under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act ; or
the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its members;
if it was exempted from keeping an officers register—
not all of its officers are officers of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted; or
the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its officers.
The organisation must give the registrar notice of the happening of the event as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of the happening of the event.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
The organisation is taken to become aware of the happening of the event if an officer of the organisation becomes aware of it.
(sec.807-ssec.1) This section applies to an organisation that has been granted an exemption under section 804 if any of the following events happen— it no longer has a counterpart federal body; if it was exempted from keeping a members register— its members are not recorded as members of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted in the body’s register of members under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act ; or the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its members; if it was exempted from keeping an officers register— not all of its officers are officers of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted; or the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its officers.
(sec.807-ssec.2) The organisation must give the registrar notice of the happening of the event as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of the happening of the event. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.807-ssec.3) The organisation is taken to become aware of the happening of the event if an officer of the organisation becomes aware of it.
- (a) it no longer has a counterpart federal body;
- (b) if it was exempted from keeping a members register— (i) its members are not recorded as members of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted in the body’s register of members under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act ; or (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its members;
- (i) its members are not recorded as members of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted in the body’s register of members under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act ; or
- (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its members;
- (c) if it was exempted from keeping an officers register— (i) not all of its officers are officers of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted; or (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its officers.
- (i) not all of its officers are officers of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted; or
- (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its officers.
- (i) its members are not recorded as members of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted in the body’s register of members under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act ; or
- (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its members;
- (i) not all of its officers are officers of the counterpart federal body of the organisation for which the exemption was granted; or
- (ii) the body has contravened a requirement of the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act about keeping or filing records for its officers.