Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041:clause:1b_186
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1B cl 186
Character Range: 256793–258290

186  Registrar may permit organisation or branch to conduct its elections for office

 (1) Where an application in relation to an organisation or branch has been lodged under subsection 183(1) and, after any objections duly made have been heard, a Registrar is satisfied:
 (a) that the rules of the organisation or branch comply with the requirements of this Schedule relating to the conduct of elections for office; and
 (b) that, if the organisation or branch is exempted from subsection 182(1), the elections for the organisation or branch, or the election for the particular office, as the case may be, will be conducted:
 (i) under the rules of the organisation or branch, as the case may be, and this Schedule; and
 (ii) in a manner that will afford members entitled to vote at such elections or election an adequate opportunity of voting without intimidation;
the Registrar may exempt the organisation or branch from subsection 182(1) in relation to elections for the organisation or branch, or the election for the particular office, as the case may be.

 (2) A Registrar may revoke an exemption granted to an organisation or branch under subsection (1):
 (a) on application by the committee of management of the organisation or branch; or
 (b) if the Registrar:
 (i) is no longer satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1); and
 (ii) has given the committee of management of the organisation or branch an opportunity, as prescribed, to show cause why the exemption should not be revoked.