Industrial Relations Commission Regulations 2005

In this regulation —

An application for the substitution of a new set of rules for the registered rules of an organisation or association must be made to —

the Commission in Court Session if the substitution would have the effect of altering any of the following from the previous rules —

the name of the organisation or association;

the qualification of persons for membership of the organisation or association;

the area of the State within which the organisation or association operates or intends to operate;

the Registrar if the substitution has any effect other than the effect mentioned in paragraph (a).

The application must be in the approved form and be lodged in the office of the Registrar with the following attachments —

a copy of the previous rules, incorporating and showing in distinctive characters each difference between the previous rules and the new rules;

a copy of the new rules certified as being correct by the principal executive officer or secretary of the organisation or association;

a statement as to —

the steps taken by the organisation or association to inform its members of the matters set out in section 62(3)(b) of the Act; and

the opportunity afforded to members to make an objection under section 62(3)(b) of the Act;

a copy of any notice or other document given to the members of the organisation or association for the purposes of section 62(3)(b) of the Act;

a copy of the resolution authorising the application.

A person who objects to a substitution of a new set of rules to which subregulation (2)(a) applies must lodge an objection in the approved form within 21 days after the publication of notice of the application under section 55(2) of the Act and otherwise the provisions of regulation 15 apply with respect to any objection to the substitution of a new set of rules.