FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 127

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 127

127—Orders to secure compliance with rules etc

        (1)         SAET may, on the application of a member of an association registered under this Part or a person who has been expelled from membership of such an association, order the association or specified officers of the association—

            (a)         to carry out an obligation imposed by the rules of the association;

            (b)         to make good any contravention of, or failure to comply with, the rules of the association;

            (c)         to carry out consequential or related directions SAET thinks necessary or desirable in the circumstance.

        (2)         An association or other person who fails to comply with an order of SAET under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (3)         SAET may, on application by a member of an association registered under this Part or a person who has applied for membership of such an association, declare a rule of the association to be invalid on the ground that the rule is inconsistent with this Act.

        (4)         SAET may adjourn proceedings on an application under subsection (3) for a period, and on terms and conditions, SAET considers appropriate, to give the association an opportunity to alter its rules.