Industrial Relations Regulation 2018

A proposed amalgamated organisation may apply to the commission for an exemption (a ballot exemption) from the requirement to hold a ballot for the amalgamation.

The application may be made only on the ground that the number of persons that could become members of the proposed amalgamated organisation is not more than 25% of the number of members of the applicant when the applicant’s management committee resolved to make the application.

The application must—

be filed in the registry together with the ballot application for the amalgamation; and

state the ground on which it is made; and

be signed by the president or secretary of the applicant; and

be accompanied by an affidavit by a member of the applicant’s management committee stating—

the number of persons who could become members of the proposed amalgamated organisation is not more than 25% of the number of members of the applicant when the management committee resolved to make the application; and

subsection (4)(b) has been complied with.

An application may be made only if the applicant’s management committee has—

resolved to make the application; and

notified the organisation’s members of the making of the resolution by—

giving each member a copy of the resolution; or

including it in a publication the organisation gives its members free of charge.