Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration.

A.—s.

industrial union of employers, and in such case the provisions of section five hereof shall be deemed to be complied with if the application to register is made under the hand of the agent for the company, and is accompanied by— 5 (i.) Satisfactory evidence of the registration or incorporation of the company ; (ii.) Two copies of its articles of association or rules ; (iii.) The situation of its registered office in New Zealand ; (iv.) A copy of the power of attorney under which such 10 agent is acting ; and (v.) A statutory declaration that such power of attorney has not been altered or revoked. (d.) In so far as the articles or rules of any such company are repugnant to this Act they shall, on the registration of the 15 company as an industrial union of employers, be construed as applying exclusively to the company and not to the industrial union. 10. In no case shall an industrial union be registered under a name identical with that by which any other industrial union has been 20 registered under this Act, or by which any other trade-union has been registered under " The Trade Union Act, 1878," or so nearly resembling any such name as to be likely to deceive the members or the public. 11. In order to prevent the needless multiplication of industrial unions connected with the same industry in the same locality or indus--25 trial district, the following special provisions shall apply :— (a.) The Registrar may refuse to register an industrial union in any case where he is of opinion that in the same locality or industrial district and connected with the same industry there exists an industrial union to which the members of such 30 industrial union might conveniently belong : Provided that the Registrar shall forthwith notify such registered industrial union that an application for registration has been made. (b.) Such industrial union, if dissatisfied with the Registrar's refusal, 35 may in the prescribed manner appeal therefrom to the Court, whereupon the Court, after making full inquiry, shall report to the Registrar whether in its opinion his refusal should be insisted on or waived, and the Registrar shall be guided accordingly : 40 Provided that it shall lie on the industrial union to satisfy the Court that, owing to distance, diversity of interest, or other substantial reason, it will be more convenient for the members to register separately than to join any existing industrial union. 45 12.§ The effect of registration shall be to render the industrial union, and all persons who are members thereof at the time of registration, or who after such registration become members thereof, subject to the jurisdiction by this Act given to a Board and the Court respectively and liable to all the provisions of this Act, and all such persons shall be 50 bound by the rules of the industrial union during the continuance of their membership. 13. (1.) Copies of all amendments or alterations of the rules of an industrial union shall, after being verified by the secretary or some

1900, No. 51, sec. 9

Societies not to be registered under similar names. Ibid, sec. 10

Provision to prevent multiplicity of unions. Ibid, sec. 11

Effect of registration. Ibid, sec. 12

Amendment of rules. Ibid, sec. 13

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