Trade Unions Act · 2023 Revised Edition
20. , not to apply to trade unions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Societies Act (Chapter 203) and the Companies Act (Chapter 39)
do not, except for the purpose of section 17(2), apply to a trade union, and the registration of any trade union under either such Act shall be void.
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;
Terms defined in s 2
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;