Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983 No. 115 of 1983 - SECT 24

24. Section 133 of the Principal Act is amended-

         (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''organizations'' (third
occurring) and substituting ''organization'';

         (b)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (a) (ii) ''an office the
duties of which are of a full-time nature'' and substituting ''a full-time
office'';

   (c)  by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (db) '', except in accordance
        with provisions made in pursuance of sub-section (4E)'';

   (d)  by inserting after sub-section (4D) the following sub-sections:

''(4E) The rules of an association or organization may include provisions to
the effect that, where a person elected to a full-time office will attain the
retirement age within 12 months after the expiration of the period for which
he is elected, he may hold that office, without being re-elected, until he
retires.

''(4F) Where the rules of an association or organization include provisions of
the kind referred to in sub-section (4E), the rules-

   (a)  shall include provisions to the effect that, where a candidate duly
        nominated for election to a full-time office is a person who, if
        elected, will hold that office in the circumstances mentioned in that
        sub-section, the ballot papers for the election shall indicate the
        maximum period for which, if elected, he may so hold office; and

   (b)  may include provisions to the effect that, where a person holding
        a full-time office immediately before the commencement of
        this sub-section will attain the retirement age within 12 months after
        the expiration of his current period of office, he may hold that
        office, without being re-elected, until he retires.''; and

   (e)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(7) In this section-

'full-time office' means an office the duties of which are of a
full-time nature;

'retirement age', in relation to a person, in relation to an office, means the
retirement age applicable to that person, in relation to that office, under
the rules of the association or organization concerned or, where the rules
provide for a minimum retirement age and a maximum retirement age, that
maximum retirement age.''.