New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 Registration of society as union

• (1) The Registrar of Unions must register a society as a union if the society—

  • (a) applies, in accordance with section 13, to be registered as a union; and

  • (b) is entitled to be registered as a union.

  (2) Immediately after registering a union, the Registrar of Unions must give a certificate of registration in the prescribed form to the union.

  (3) The certificate of registration is conclusive evidence that—

  • (a) all the requirements of this Act relating to the registration of the union have been complied with; and

  • (b) on and from the date of registration stated in the certificate, the union is registered as a union under this Act.