Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) ACT 2009 - SECT 66

    Where the question of a proposed amalgamation is submitted to a ballot of the members of an existing organisation concerned in the amalgamation, the members of the organisation approve the amalgamation if, and only if:

  (a)   where a declaration under section   43 is in force in relation to the proposed amalgamation--more than 50% of the formal votes cast in the ballot are in favour of the amalgamation; or

  (b)   in any other case:

  (i)   at least 25% of the members on the roll of voters cast a vote in the ballot; and

  (ii)   more than 50% of the formal votes cast are in favour of the amalgamation.