Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A committee of management of an organisation or branch of an organisation may lodge with the FWC an application for the organisation or branch, as the case may be, to be exempted from subsection 182(1) in relation to elections for offices, or an election for a particular office, in the organisation or branch.
(2) An application may not be made by a committee of management of an organisation or branch of an organisation unless the committee of management:
(a) has resolved to make the application; and
(b) has notified the members of the organisation or branch, as prescribed, of the making of the resolution.
(3) An application under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a declaration by a member of the committee of management concerned stating that subsection (2) has been complied with.
(4) Where an application has been made under subsection (1), the General Manager must cause a notice setting out details of the application to be published, as prescribed, for the purpose of bringing the notice to the attention of members of the organisation or branch concerned.
(5) Where the rules of an organisation require an office to be filled by an election by the members, or by some of the members, of a single branch of the organisation, an election to fill the office is taken to be an election for the branch.