Victorian Consolidated Legislation

TRADE UNIONS ACT 1958

No. 6397 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 7 September 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Repeal and savings
   3.      Definition
   4.      Trade union not unlawful for civil purposes
   5.      Certain contracts of trade unions not enforceable
   6.      Acts not applying to trade unions
   7.      Registry of trade unions
   8.      Buildings for trade unions may be purchased or leased
   9.      Property of the trade union vested in trustees
   10.     Actions etc. by or against trustees etc.
   11.     Limitation of responsibility of trustees
   12.     Treasurers etc. to account
   13.     Punishment for withholding money etc.
   14.     Membership of minors
   15.     Members may nominate persons to whom moneys payable on death may be paid
   16.     Regulations for registration
   17.     Rules of registered trade union
   18.     Registered office of trade union
   19.     Change of name
   20.     Amalgamation
   21.     Registration of change of name and amalgamation
   22.     No union to be registered without provision being made for dissolution
   23.     Annual returns to be prepared as Government Statist may
           direct
   24.     Registrar and Government Statist to make annual reports
   25.     Circulating false copies of rules etc. an offence
   26.     Penalty for failure to give notice
   27.     Withdrawal or cancelling of certificate
   28.     Interested justice not to act
   29.     Government Statist to act instead of Actuary
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           SCHEDULE 1-Repeal
           SCHEDULE 2-Maximum fees
           SCHEDULE 3-Of matters to be provided for by the rules of trade unions registered under this Act
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details