New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 When society entitled to be registered as union

• (1) A society is entitled to be registered as a union if—

  • (a) the object or, if the society has more than 1 object, an object of the society is to promote its members' collective employment interests; and

  • (b) the society is incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908; and

  • (c) the society's rules are—

    • (i) not unreasonable; and

    • (ii) democratic; and

    • (iii) not unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial; and

    • (iv) not contrary to law; and

  • (d) the society is independent of, and is constituted and operates at arm's length from, any employer.

  (2) In deciding whether a society is entitled to be registered as a union, the Registrar of Unions may rely on the statutory declaration made under section 13(2)(c).