Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
counterpart Federal body and State organisation
have the same respective meanings as in section 71.
(2) Subject to this
section, a State organisation may alter its rules (in this section referred to
as the State rules ) by including in the State rules a provision (in this
section referred to as the adopting provision ) stating that all of the
rules of its counterpart Federal body other than —
(a) a
rule relating to the name of the State organisation;
(b) a
rule relating to the qualifications of persons for membership; and
(c) any
rule specifically excluded in the adopting provision,
are by force of this
section adopted as rules of the State organisation.
(3) Subject to
subsection (5) where a State organisation alters its rules under
subsection (2) the rules adopted by that State organisation are by force
of this section, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
section 62, deemed to be rules of the State organisation.
(4) The rules adopted
under subsection (2) include, unless provision to the contrary is made by
the State organisation in the adopting provision —
(a) any
amendments made to those rules; and
(b) any
further rules made by the counterpart Federal body,
after the coming into
operation of the adopting provision.
(5) Where a State
organisation makes an adopting provision under
subsection (2) —
(a) the
Registrar shall register that adopting provision as an alteration to the rules
of that State organisation; and
(b) that
adopting provision shall not be or become effective until registered under
paragraph (a).
(6) Section 62
does not apply to or in relation to the alteration of State rules under or by
force of this section.
[Section 71A inserted by No. 99 of 1990
s. 9.]