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implied into individual contracts of employment. Only registered trade unions had legal rights and to enjoy legal immunities. Continued registration was dependent on the organisation having rules which specified how, when and by whom, authority was to be exercised, especially concerning the taking of industrial action.
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An Act to amend the law relating to employers and workers and to organisations of employers and organisations of workers; to provide for the establishment of a
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Registrar of Trade Unions and
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