Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00084:clause:1_536g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00084
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 536G
Character Range: 14388–15580

536G  Receiving or soliciting a cash or in kind payment
 (1) A person (the defendant) commits an offence if:
 (a) the defendant:
 (i) requests (whether or not expressly and whether or not by threats); or
 (ii) receives or obtains; or
 (iii) agrees to receive or obtain;
  a cash or in kind payment from a person (the provider) for the defendant or another person; and
 (b) the defendant is an employee organisation or an officer (within the meaning of the Registered Organisations Act) or employee of an employee organisation; and
 (c) the provider is a national system employer other than an employee organisation; and
 (d) the provider, a spouse (within the meaning of the Registered Organisations Act) or associated entity of the provider, or a person who has a prescribed connection with the provider, employs a person who is, or is entitled to be, a member of the organisation and whose industrial interests the organisation is entitled to represent.
Penalty:
 (a) for an individual—imprisonment for 2 years or 500 penalty units, or both; or
 (b) for a body corporate—2,500 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a cash or in kind payment mentioned in subsection 536F(3).