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Andment of

regulation 17.

5.

Regulation 17 of the principal regulations is

amended by inserting, after paragraph (3), the following new

paragraph

"(4) Any trade union that contravenes regula-

tion 14 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be

liable on summary conviction to a fine of two

hundred and fifty dollars."

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the regulations but is

intended to indicate their general purport).

Regulations 2 and 3 amend regulations 5 and 10 by

providing that two copies of the rules of a trade union or trade

union federation need be sent to the Registrar. At present three

copies are required.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 14 of the principal

regulations by requiring trade unions to include in their accounts

the accounts of every business or charitable, cultural, educational

or medical undertaking that is operated by or in the name of the

trade union.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 17 of the principal

regulations by making it an offence for a trade union to contra-

vene regulation 14.

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