New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUILDERS LABOURERS FEDERATION (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1986 - SECT 3

3 Confirmation of cancellation of registration of the State Union

(1) The registration of the State Union under the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 shall, for all purposes, be taken to have been cancelled on 2 January 1985 by the operation of, and pursuant to, the Industrial Arbitration (Special Provisions) Act 1984 .

(2) In addition, the action of the Minister administering the Industrial Arbitration (Special Provisions) Act 1984 in giving or purportedly giving, before the commencement of this Act, a certificate referred to in that Act shall (to the extent, if any, that that action was invalid) be treated, for all purposes, as having been valid, and the certificate shall correspondingly be treated, for all purposes, as having been validly given from the time it was given or purportedly given.

(3) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) have effect notwithstanding that any proceedings were instituted before the commencement of this Act in relation to any certificate given or purportedly given, or any declaration made or purportedly made, under the Industrial Arbitration (Special Provisions) Act 1984 , and any associated matters, and have effect notwithstanding any decision in any such proceedings.

(4) Except in so far as the parties to any such proceedings (being proceedings pending immediately before the commencement of this Act) otherwise agree, the costs of or incidental to the proceedings incurred by a party to the proceedings shall be borne by the party, and shall not be the subject of any contrary order of any court.