New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 18

18 Amendment of industrial organisation rules as alternative to cancellation etc of registration

(1) Where the Minister certifies to the Governor in respect of an industrial organisation as referred to in section 17 (1), the Governor may, if satisfied that the activities the subject of the Minister's certification are those, or mainly those, of a particular group or description of members of the industrial organisation, instead of declaring that section 17 applies to and in respect of the industrial organisation, order that the rules of the industrial organisation be amended as specified in the order so as to terminate the membership of, and to exclude from eligibility for membership of the industrial organisation, persons belonging to that group or of that description.

(2) Any such order takes effect from its making or, if a later day is specified in the order for that purpose, on the later day so specified.

(3) An order under this section shall be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after it is made.

(4) On the day on which an order under this section takes effect, the rules of the industrial organisation shall be taken to be amended in the manner specified in the order.

(5) An amendment under this section to the rules of an industrial organisation may be further amended or revoked pursuant to this Act or any other law providing for the amendment or revocation of those rules.