Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) ACT 2009 - SECT 53

    Where an application is lodged under section   44 in relation to a proposed amalgamation, the FWC:

  (a)   must immediately fix a time and place for hearing submissions in relation to:

  (i)   the granting of an approval for the submission of the amalgamation to ballot; and

  (ii)   if an application for a declaration under section   43 was lodged with the application--the making of a declaration under section   43 in relation to the amalgamation; and

  (iii)   if an application was lodged under section   46 for exemption from the requirement that a ballot be held in relation to the amalgamation--the granting of the exemption; and

  (iv)   if an application was lodged under section   47 for approval of a proposal for the submission of the amalgamation to a ballot that is not conducted under section   65--the granting of the approval; and

  (b)   must ensure that all organisations are promptly notified of the time and place of the hearing; and

  (c)   may inform any other person who is likely to be interested of the time and place of the hearing.