Section 14 — Employment Relations Act 2000: When society entitled to be registered as union

14 When society entitled to be registered as union (1) A society is entitled to be registered as a union if— (a) the object or, if the society has more than 1 object, an object of the society is to promote its members' collective employment interests; and (b) the society is incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 ; and (c) the society's rules are— (i) not unreasonable; and (ii) democratic; and (iii) not unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial; and (iv) not contrary to law; and (d) the society is independent of, and is constituted and operates at arm's length from, any employer. (2) In deciding whether a society is entitled to be registered as a union, the Registrar of Unions may rely on the statutory declaration made under section 13(2)(c) .