Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) ACT 2009 - SECT 9A

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a federal counterpart for a particular association of employers or employees registered under a State or Territory industrial law is an organisation prescribed by the regulations to be a federal counterpart of that association.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Act, if subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a particular association of employers or employees registered under a State or Territory industrial law, a federal counterpart for the association is:

                     (a)  an organisation that has a branch (including a division of such a branch or a constituent part of such a branch) in that State or Territory that has or purports to have:

                              (i)  substantially the same eligibility rules as the association; and

                             (ii)  a history of integrated operation with the association; or

                     (b)  if paragraph (a) does not apply--an organisation of which the association has purported to function as a branch (including a division of a branch or a constituent part of a branch).