Industrial Relations Act 1996

On the withdrawal date, the rules for the State organisation and alteration of rules for the CFMEU NSW specified in the withdrawal order take effect.

The rules of the State organisation may provide that a person who was elected to office in the withdrawn division and held the office immediately before the withdrawal date holds the corresponding office in the State organisation as if elected under the rules of the State organisation.

However, the rules of the State organisation must not permit a person to hold office without an ordinary election being held in relation to the office after the longer of—

the period that equals the unexpired part of the term of the office held by the person immediately before the withdrawal date in relation to the withdrawn division, or

1 year after the withdrawal date.