Trade Unions Act · 2023 Revised Edition
10. Refusal of registration
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If the Registrar is satisfied that —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Unions appointed under section 6;
(deleted by S 51/2015);
the purposes of the trade union are unlawful;
the application is not in conformity with the provisions of this
Act;
the principal purposes of the combination do not substantially correspond with the principal purposes of a trade union within the meaning of section 2; or
the combination seeking registration is an organisation consisting of persons engaged in or working at more than one trade, industry or calling and that its constitution does not contain suitable provision for the protection of their respective sectional industrial interests, he may refuse registration.
(Deleted by S 51/2015).
When the Registrar refuses to register a trade union, he shall forthwith inform the applicants in writing of the grounds of his refusal.
trade union
“trade union” means any combination, whether temporary or permanent, the principal purposes of which are under its constitution the regulation of the relations between workers and employers, or between workers and workers, or between employers and employers, whether such combination would or would not, if this Act had not been enacted, have been deemed to have been an unlawful combination by reason of some one or more of its purposes being in restraint of trade;
Trade Unions
An appeal shall lie to the Minister from a refusal of the Registrar to register a trade union and on such appeal the Minister may make any such order as he thinks proper, including any directions as to the costs of the appeal. Any such order of the Minister shall be final.
The Minister may make rules governing such appeals, providing for the method of giving evidence, prescribing the time within which such appeals shall be brought, the fees to be paid, the procedure to be followed and the manner of notifying the Registrar of an appeal.
The Registrar shall be entitled to be heard on any appeal.
Terms defined in s 2
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Unions appointed under section 6;
trade union
Defined · s 2“trade union” means any combination, whether temporary or permanent, the principal purposes of which are under its constitution the regulation of the relations between workers and employers, or between workers and workers, or between employers and employers, whether such combination would or would not, if this Act had not been enacted, have been deemed to have been an unlawful combination by reason of some one or more of its purposes being in restraint of trade;