Trade Unions Act · 2023 Revised Edition
34. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may make regulations generally for carrying out the provisions of this Act and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such regulations may provide for —
the books and registers to be kept for the purposes of this Act and the forms thereof;
the manner in which trade unions and the rules of the trade unions shall be registered and the fees payable on registration;
the manner in which, and the qualifications of persons by whom, the accounts of registered trade unions or of any class of such trade unions shall be audited;
the conditions subject to which inspection of documents kept by the Registrar shall be allowed and the fees which shall be chargeable in respect of such inspections;
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Unions appointed under section 6;
the due disposal and safe custody of the funds and moneys of a trade union;
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;
the creation, administration, protection, control and disposal of the benevolent funds of registered trade unions and all matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
the returns to be made, and the accounts to be rendered, to the
Registrar by the officers of trade unions; and
anything required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed.
Trade Unions
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;