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TRADE UNION ACT 1913 - SECT 1

1.(1) The fact that a combination has under its constitution objects or powers
other than statutory objects within the meaning of this Act shall not prevent
the combination being a trade union for the purposes of the Trade Union Acts,
1871 to 1906, so long as the combination is a trade union as defined by
this Act, and, subject to the provisions of this Act as to the futherance of
political objects, any such trade union shall have power to apply the funds of
the union for any lawful objects or purposes for the time being authorised
under its constitution.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the expression "statutory objects" means the
objects mentioned in section sixteen of the Trade Union Act Amendment Act,
1876, namely, the regulation of the relations between workmen and masters, or
between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or the imposing
of restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business, and also
the provision of benefits to members.

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