Meaning of counterpart federal body for ch 12
597 Meaning of counterpart federal body for ch 12
In this chapter, a federal organisation or a branch or part of a federal organisation (federal body) is a counterpart federal body of an organisation (State body) if—
a substantial number of members of the State body are—
members or eligible to be members of the federal body; or
engaged in the same work, in aspects of the same work or in similar work as members of the federal body; or
employed in the same or similar work by employers engaged in the same industry as members of the federal body; or
engaged in work or in industries for which there is a community of interest between the federal body and the State body; or
there is an agreement in force under the Commonwealth Registered Organisations Act, section 151, between the federal body and the State body.
If subsection (1)(a) or (b) applies to more than 1 State body for the same federal body, the federal body is a counterpart federal body of each of the State bodies.
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