Trade Unions Act · 2023 Revised Edition
8. Compulsory registration
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every trade union shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act or be dissolved within 3 months of the date —
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;
of its formation;
of any notification by the Registrar that he has refused under section 10 to register the trade union; or
of the commencement of this Act, whichever is the later date.
Every trade union which is not registered or dissolved within the period prescribed in subsection (1) and every officer thereof is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $300 for every day it remains unregistered and undissolved after the expiration of such period.
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;