Clause 2

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “employer”, the following definition:“ “delegate” means —

in relation to a trade union which is not a federation, a person who is elected or appointed in accordance with the rules of the trade union to attend and vote at a meeting of the trade union on behalf of any number of members of the trade union; or

in relation to a federation, a person elected or appointed in accordance with the rules of the federation to attend and vote at a meeting of the federation on behalf of any of the constituent trade unions of the federation;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “executive”, the following definition:“ “federation” means a federation of 2 or more trade unions;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Registrar”, the following definition:“ “requisite consent” —

in relation to a trade union which is not a federation, means the consent, obtained by secret ballot, of —

the majority of the members of the trade union voting on their own behalf on the matter for which consent is sought; or

where the rules of the trade union allow or require a decision on that matter to be taken by means of voting by delegates and the decision is taken using that means, two-thirds of the total number of delegates representing the members; or

in relation to a federation, means the consent, obtained by secret ballot, of two-thirds of the total number of delegates representing the constituent trade unions of the federation;”; and

by deleting the words “of two or more trade unions” in the penultimate and last lines of the definition of “trade union”.