Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 482

             (1)  The applicant for a ballot order is liable for the cost of holding the ballot, whether or not the ballot is completed.

             (2)  If the application for the ballot order was made by joint applicants, each applicant is jointly and severally liable for the cost of holding the ballot, whether or not the ballot is completed.

             (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) are, in relation to completed ballots, subject to subsections 483(3) and (6).

             (4)  In this section:

"cost of holding the ballot" means:

                     (a)  if the applicant, or one of the applicants, is the authorised ballot agent--the costs incurred by the authorised ballot agent in relation to the holding of the ballot; or

                     (b)  otherwise--the amount the authorised ballot agent charges to the applicant or applicants in relation to the holding of the ballot.