STATUTORY RULES.

1905. No. 70.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT 1904.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and five.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ISAAC A. ISAACS.

Travelling Expenses of the President.

1. There shall be paid to the President, on account of the expenses of himself and his Associate, in travelling to discharge the duties of his office, such sums as the President certifies, under his hand, to have been actually expended, not exceeding the average of Three pounds three shillings per travelling day for the financial year (exclusive of fares for conveyance).

Registration.

2. No Association shall be registered as an organization until the Registrar is satisfied that it is a voluntary and bonâ fide Association, within the meaning of the Act, for furthering or protecting the interests of its members, and that it is not wholly or partially formed, organized, supported, maintained, or conducted, directly or indirectly, for the purpose or with the view of opposing, injuring, or prejudicing the interests of employers or employés, as the case may be, whose interests it purports to represent, further, or protect.

Cancellation of Registration.

3. An application to the Registrar to apply to the Court for the cancellation of the registration of an organization may be based (inter alia) on the grounds that the organization—

(i.) is not a voluntary and bonâ fide Association within the meaning of the Act; or

(ii.) is not, in fact, an Association for furthering or protecting the interests of its members; or

(iii.) is wholly or partially formed, organized, supported, maintained, or conducted, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, or with the view of opposing, injuring, or prejudicing the interests of employers or employés, as the case may be, whose interests it purports to represent, further, or protect.

By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.