Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009

An application by an association under section 18 of the Act for registration as an organisation must:

be in the form set out in the Procedural Rules or in a form otherwise approved by the President; and

contain a declaration, made by an officer of the association authorised to make the declaration, verifying the facts stated in the application and in any document lodged with the application; and

be lodged with the FWC; and

be lodged with the following documents:

a list of the members of the association, showing the name and postal address of each member;

a list of the offices in the association and in each branch of the association;

a list of the names, postal addresses and occupations of the persons holding the offices;

a list of the branches of the association, showing for each branch its name and the location of its office;

the rules of the association and the rules of each of its branches;

a copy of a resolution in favour of the registration of the association as an organisation passed in accordance with the rules of the association by a majority of the members of the association present at a general meeting of the association or by an absolute majority of the committee of management of the association.

An association applying for registration may lodge with the FWC an additional statement supporting the application.