sec.19Discrimination by industrial, professional, trade or business organisation in pre-membership area

### sec.19 Discrimination by industrial, professional, trade or business organisation in pre-membership area An organisation of workers, employers, or people who carry on an industry, profession, trade or business must not discriminate— in failing to accept a person’s application for membership of the organisation; or in the arrangements made for deciding who may join; or in deciding who may join; or in the terms on which a person may join. Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination on the basis of trade union activity if the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 12 , part 9 , division 2 or part 10 applies. s 19 amd 1999 No. 33 s 747 sch 3 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 amd 2024 No. 47 s 8 (uncommenced amendment) (sec.19-ssec.1) An organisation of workers, employers, or people who carry on an industry, profession, trade or business must not discriminate— in failing to accept a person’s application for membership of the organisation; or in the arrangements made for deciding who may join; or in deciding who may join; or in the terms on which a person may join. (sec.19-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to discrimination on the basis of trade union activity if the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 12 , part 9 , division 2 or part 10 applies. - (a) in failing to accept a person’s application for membership of the organisation; or - (b) in the arrangements made for deciding who may join; or - (c) in deciding who may join; or - (d) in the terms on which a person may join.