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BUILDERS LABOURERS' FEDERATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 132 of 1990 - SECT 3

Interpretation
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in the definition of "non-registered association" after
paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
 "(ab)   a State association; or";

(b) by omitting "another" from paragraph (b) of the definition of

"non-registered association" and substituting "any other";

   (c)  by omitting subparagraph (b) (iii) from the definition of

"non-registered association" and substituting the following subparagraph:

"(iii) a substantial number of the members of which are persons who are within
one or more of the following categories:

                (A)  persons who are or have been members of the Federation;

                (B)  persons who perform work that renders them eligible, or
                     that would, if performed in another part of Australia,
                     render them eligible, to be members of the Federation;

                (C)  persons who perform work that, if they had been
                     performing it immediately before the commencement of the
                     Builders Labourers'  Federation (Cancellation of
                     Registration) Act 1986 , would have rendered them
                     eligible or would, if performed in another part of
                     Australia, have rendered them eligible, to be members of
                     the Federation;";

   (d)  by inserting the following definition:

" `State association' means:

   (a)  each of the following associations:

   (i)  the association that was registered under the Trade Union Act 1881 of
        New South Wales by the name `Building Construction Employees and
        Builders Labourers' Federation of New South Wales';

   (ii) the association that was registered under the Industrial Relations Act
        1990 of Queensland by the name `Australian Building Construction
        Employees and Builders' Labourers' Federation (Queensland Branch)
        Union of Employees';

   (iii) the association that was registered under the Industrial Arbitration
        Act, 1979 of Western Australia by the name `The Australian Builders'
        Labourers' Federated Union of Workers - Western Australian Branch';

   (iv) the association that was registered under the Industrial Conciliation
        and Arbitration Act, 1972 of South Australia by the name `Australian
        Building and Construction Workers' Federation';

   (v)  the association that was registered under the
        Industrial Relations Act  1984 of Tasmania by the name `The Australian
        Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation,
        Tasmanian Branch'; or

   (b)  if the name of an association referred to in paragraph (a) has been or
        is changed - that association under the new name.". 


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