Industrial Relations Act 1996

If an association (whether of employing contractors, contract drivers or contract carriers) has changed its name or 2 or more associations have amalgamated, the Industrial Registrar may, on application, record any such change of name or amalgamation in the appropriate register or registers.

The application is to be made in the manner and form approved by the Industrial Registrar and is to be signed by a majority of the members of the governing body or bodies or committee or committees of management of the association or associations concerned.

A recording made under this section is to be considered to be a re-registration of the applicant association or associations under the name specified in the application, but the change of name or amalgamation does not affect any rights, liabilities or obligations of the applicant association or associations that existed immediately before the recording was made.

The Industrial Registrar may, in respect of an application made under this section by an association or associations of contract drivers or contract carriers, or both, refuse the application and require the association or associations to make an application for registration under this Chapter under the changed or amalgamated name.