Application for registration

(1) Pursuant to section 13(5) of the Act, the Registrar shall not register a trade union or an employers’ organisation which does not meet the requirements under subregulation 2, Existing provided that any trade union or employers’ organisation which has been in existence and recognised as such before the commencement of this Act shall be registered by the Registrar, notwithstanding that such trade union or employers’ organisation may not meet all the registration requirements provided in subregulation (2)(a) to (d). (2) The registration requirements in compliance with the Act are– (a) any seven or more members of a trade union or three or more members of an employers’ organisation may, by subscribing their names to the rules for the time governing the Trade Union or Employers’ Organisations and otherwise complying with all the other requirements of this Act and Regulations hereunder, apply to the Registrar to be registered as a trade union or an employers’ (b) an application shall be accompanied by three copies of the constitution of the Trade Union or duly authenticated by the signatures of the Chairperson or President and the Secretary of the Trade Union or Employers’ Organisation for which the application is made; Organisations (Registration, Recognition and Status) 11 (c) the constitution of the Trade Union or Employers’ Organisation complies with the Act, the Belize Constitution and the Laws of Belize; (d) the name of the Trade Union or Employers’ Organisation is not identical to the name of any other trade union or organisation or so closely resembles any other organisation’s name as to be likely to mislead, deceive or confuse its own members or the public as to its true identity. (3) Application for registration of a trade union or employers’ organisation shall be made in Form 1 of Schedule I and shall be accompanied by a fee prescribed in Schedule II. Form 1. Schedule I. Schedule II. (4) A person aggrieved by the Registrar’s refusal or failure to register a trade union or employers’ organisation under subregulation (1) shall have the right to appeal to the Tripartite Body against such refusal or failure pursuant to section 13(7) of the Act. Notice of Appeal. CAP. 304. (5) Only trade unions and employers’ organisations registered under the Act shall enjoy and be entitled to the rights, benefits and advantages conferred on them and their members by the Act, and no trade union and employers’ organisation which is not registered under the Act shall be legally recognised as such.