New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 401

401 Proceedings by and against unincorporated associations

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the secretary of an unincorporated association is taken to be the employer of a person employed for the purposes or on behalf of the association. Any proceeding that may be taken under this Act by or against the association may be taken by or against the secretary on behalf of the association.

(2) The secretary is authorised to retain out of the funds of the association sufficient money to meet payments made by the secretary on behalf of the association under this section (including the payment of any penalty imposed on the association).

(3) In this section,
"secretary" includes a person having possession or control of any funds of an unincorporated association.