Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 64 of 1976 - SECT 12

12. Section 133 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) the following
        paragraphs:-

''(da) shall, in the case of an association applying for registration on or
after the commencement of this paragraph, provide that every election for an
office within the association of a kind referred to in paragraph (a), (aa),
(b) or (c) of the definition of 'office' in sub- section (1) of section 4
shall be by postal ballot;

''(db) shall not permit a person to be elected to hold an office within the
association or organization for a period exceeding 4 years without being
re-elected;'';

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (4B) the following sub-sections:-

''(4C) Notwithstanding sub-sections (3) and (4), an association which was
registered as an organization on the date of commencement of this sub-section
is allowed a period of 12 months after that date within which to bring its
rules into conformity with the requirements of paragraph (db) of sub-section
(1).

''(4D) If the rules of an organization to which sub-section (4C) applies do
not, at the expiration of the period allowed by that sub-section, in the
opinion of the Industrial Registrar, conform with the requirements of
paragraph (db) of sub-section (1), the Industrial Registrar may, after
inviting the organization to consult with him on the matter, determine such
alterations of the rules as will, in his opinion, bring them into conformity
with those requirements.''; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (5) the words ''sub-section (4) or (4B)''
        and substituting the words ''sub-section (4), (4B) or (4D)''.