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15: Registration of society as union
or “This law explains how a group of workers can become an official union by asking the government to recognise them.”
You could also call this:

“Unions must tell the government how many members they have each year.”

You need to know about annual returns for unions. Every year, a union must tell the Registrar of Unions how many members it has. They have to do this by 1 June, and they need to count their members as of 1 March that year.

Sometimes, a union might have already given this information to the Registrar of Screen Industry Organisations. If they have, or if they’re planning to, they can let the Registrar of Unions get the information from there instead. This is allowed under section 85 of the Screen Industry Workers Act 2022.

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Part 4 Recognition and operation of unions
Registration of unions and related matters

16Annual return of members

  1. A union must deliver to the Registrar of Unions, not later than 1 June in each calendar year, an annual return of members, stating how many members it had as at 1 March in that year.

  2. If a union has delivered, or will deliver, information required under this section to the Registrar of Screen Industry Organisations under section 85 of the Screen Industry Workers Act 2022, the union may permit the Registrar of Unions to obtain that information from the Registrar of Screen Industry Organisations.

Notes
  • Section 16(2): inserted, on , by section 102 of the Screen Industry Workers Act 2022 (2022 No 52).