Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) ACT 2009 - SECT 150

    In this Subdivision:

"ineligible State members" , in relation to an organisation, means the members of a State union who, under the eligibility rules of the organisation, are not eligible to be members of the organisation.

"State Act" means:

  (a)   the Industrial Relations Act 1996 of New South Wales; or

  (b)   the Industrial Relations Act 1999 of Queensland; or

  (c)   the Industrial Relations Act 1979 of Western Australia; or

  (d)   the Industrial and Employee Relations Act 1994 of South Australia; or

  (e)   an Act of a State that is prescribed for the purposes of this Subdivision.

"State union" , in relation to an organisation, means:

  (a)   an association of employees which is registered under a State Act; or

  (b)   an association of employees in Tasmania which is neither registered under this Act nor part of an organisation registered under this Act;

and which is composed substantially of persons who, under the eligibility rules of the organisation, are eligible to be members of the organisation.