10Union representation

10 Union representation

10 Union representation

(1) This clause applies to the trade and industrial unions registered under section 6 of the Trade Union Act 1881 and section 8 of the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 as—

(a) The Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees’ Union of Australia, New South Wales Division, and

(b) The Public Service Association of New South Wales.

(2) Each union to which this clause applies—

(a) may have, and shall be deemed always to have been authorised to have, employees of the Board as members, and

(b) may represent, and shall be deemed always to have been authorised to represent, the interests of employees of the Board in industrial matters under the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940,

whether or not any such power or authority is, or at any time was, conferred by the rules of the union or any Act or law.