Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00497:section:57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00497
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 57
Character Range: 52139–53350

57  Disqualifications from office

  Section 228 of the Industrial Relations Act applies in relation to a person who was convicted of a prescribed offence before the commencement as if there were inserted before paragraph (1)(a) the following paragraph:
 "(aa) on an application made under section 132C or 132D of the previous Act in relation to the conviction of the person for the prescribed offence:
 (i) the person was granted leave to become, or to continue to be, a candidate for election, or to be appointed, to an office within an organisation or to continue to hold an office within an organisation; or
 (ii) the person was refused leave to become, or to continue to be, a candidate for election, or to be appointed, to an office within an organisation or to continue to hold an office within an organisation but:
 (A) under paragraph 132C(2)(b) or 132D(2)(b) of the previous Act, the Federal Court specified a period for the purposes of subsection 132B(1) of the previous Act; and
 (B) that period has elapsed since the person was convicted of the prescribed offence or, if the person served a term of imprisonment in relation to the prescribed offence, since the person was released from prison;".