Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act 1984 No. 162 of 1984 - SECT 9

9. Section 158AG of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(2) An organization that-

   (a)  fails to comply with sub-section (1); or

   (b)  has not supplied the report, accounts and statements referred to in
        sub-section (1) to a member of the organization within 14 days after
        the receipt by the organization of a request by the member made in
        pursuance of paragraph (1A) (c) (in this sub-section referred to as
        the 'relevant period'),
is guilty of an offence against that sub-section punishable, upon conviction,
by a fine not exceeding $500 plus $50 for each completed week of the period
commencing on the expiration of-

   (c)  in a case referred to in paragraph (a)-the period within which the
        documents to which the offence relates were required to be supplied;
        or

   (d)  in a case referred to in paragraph (b)-the relevant period,
and ending on-

   (e)  if the organization supplied the documents to which the offence
        relates before the day on which the organization is convicted-the day
        on which the documents were so supplied; or

   (f)  in any other case-the day on which the organization is convicted.";

   (b)  by inserting in paragraph (4A) (a) ", or the summary referred to in
sub-section (1A) is," after "are"; and

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) " after the expiration of the
        period provided for presenting those documents and".