2Interpretation

2 Interpretation

[Section 2 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]

(1)  In this Act trade union means any combination, whether temporary or permanent, for regulating the relations between workmen and employers, or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business, whether such combination would or would not if this Act had not passed have been deemed to have been an unlawful combination by reason of some one or more of its purposes being in restraint of trade: Provided that this Act shall not affect any agreement –

(a) between partners as to their own business;

(b) between an employer and those employed by him as to such employment;

(c) in consideration of the sale of the goodwill of a business, or of instruction in any profession, trade, or handicraft.

(2)  *[Section 2 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 16 of 1985, s. 3 ]*In this Act, Commissioner means the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs holding office under section 4 of the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs Act 1980 , and includes any person holding that office in an acting capacity.