Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00533:clause:3_203ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00533
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 203AB
Character Range: 396856–397759

203AB  Application for recognition

Eligible bodies may apply

 (1) Subject to subsection (3), an eligible body may apply to the Commonwealth Minister, in the form approved by the Commonwealth Minister, for recognition as the representative body for the area, or for one or more of the areas, in respect of which applications have been invited under section 203A.

Application period

 (2) The application must be given to the Commonwealth Minister within the period specified under subsection 203A(3), or within such further period as the Commonwealth Minister allows (whether or not the initial period has expired).

Invitation to existing representative bodies

 (3) If the invitation in question was one to which subsection 203AA(3) applied, an application can only be made by an eligible body that has been invited to apply in accordance with subsection 203AA(3) or (4), as the case requires.