New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 335

335 Associations of contract drivers and contract carriers

(1) The Industrial Registrar may, on application--

(a) register as an association of contract drivers any group or organisation (including an industrial organisation of employees) claiming to represent not fewer than 50 bailees of public vehicles, or

(b) register as an association of contract carriers any group or organisation (including an industrial organisation of employees) claiming to represent not fewer than 50 carriers each of whom is engaged in the transportation of any goods, other than passengers, under contracts of carriage.

(2) An application for registration--

(a) is to be made in the form approved by the Industrial Registrar, and

(b) must be signed by a majority of the members of the governing body of the applicant group or organisation or, if there is no such governing body, by a majority of the members of the group or organisation.

(3) The Industrial Registrar is to cause notice of an application under this section to be published as prescribed by the regulations.