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5  Parliament's intention in enacting this Schedule

 (1) It is Parliament's intention in enacting this Schedule to enhance relations within workplaces between federal system employers and federal system employees and to reduce the adverse effects of industrial disputation.

 (2) Parliament considers that those relations will be enhanced and those adverse effects will be reduced, if associations of employers and employees are required to meet the standards set out in this Schedule in order to gain the rights and privileges accorded to associations under this Schedule and the Workplace Relations Act.

 (3) The standards set out in this Schedule:
 (a) ensure that employer and employee organisations registered under this Schedule are representative of and accountable to their members, and are able to operate effectively; and
 (b) encourage members to participate in the affairs of organisations to which they belong; and
 (c) encourage the efficient management of organisations and high standards of accountability of organisations to their members; and
 (d) provide for the democratic functioning and control of organisations; and
 (e) facilitate the registration of a diverse range of employer and employee organisations.

 (4) It is also Parliament's intention in enacting this Schedule to assist employers and employees to promote and protect their economic and social interests through the formation of employer and employee organisations, by providing for the registration of those associations and according rights and privileges to them once registered.

Note: The Workplace Relations Act contains many provisions that affect the operation of this Schedule. For example, provisions of the Workplace Relations Act deal with some powers and functions of the Commission and of Registrars. Decisions made under this Schedule may be subject to procedures and rules (for example, about appeals) that are set out in the Workplace Relations Act.