Industrial Relations Act 2016

An organisation’s rules must state the following—

the organisation’s objectives;

the organisation’s eligibility rules;

how and when—

a person may become a member of the organisation; or

a person may resign from membership of the organisation; or

a person’s membership of the organisation ends, other than by resignation;

the functions and powers of the organisation’s committees, branch committees, office holders and branch office holders;

how meetings of the organisation’s committees, branches and members may be called;

how the organisation’s committees are controlled by the members of the organisation;

how committees of the organisation’s branches are controlled by members of the branch;

how documents may be signed for the organisation;

that notice must be given by a stated authorised office holder to the commission of the existence or likelihood of industrial disputes, in the way required under section 261;

how the organisation’s property is controlled and its funds are invested;

any conditions for spending the organisation’s funds;

that, unless exempted under part 12, the organisation’s accounts must be audited yearly or in another more frequent period;

that, unless exempted under part 12, the organisation must keep a members register, arranged according to branches if it has branches;

how the rules may be amended;

that applicants for membership of the organisation must be informed in writing of—

a member’s financial obligations; and

how and when a member may resign from membership.

In this section—

committee, of an organisation or branch of an organisation, means—

its management committee; or

any other collective body of its members or officers, however described, that may do any of the following—

manage its affairs;

decide its policy;

make, amend or repeal its rules;

enforce its rules.