Trade Unions Act · 2023 Revised Edition
26. Inspection of accounts and documents
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The account books of a registered trade union and a list of its members thereof shall be open to inspection —
by any officer or member of the trade union at such times as may be provided for in the rules of the trade union; and
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;
by the Registrar at any reasonable time.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Unions appointed under section 6;
Any person who prevents or obstructs the inspection of the account books of a registered trade union by an officer or member of such trade union at a time prescribed by the rules thereof for such purpose or by the Registrar at any reasonable time is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3,000.
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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;