Trade unions and employers’ associations ceasing to be incorporated by virtue of 1974 ActU.K.
6(1)The repeal by this Act of section 19 of the M1Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (transitional provisions for trade unions and employers’ associations ceasing to be incorporated) does not affect—U.K.
(a)the title to property which by virtue of that section vested on 16th September 1974 in “the appropriate trustees" as defined by that section, or
(b)any liability, obligation or right affecting such property which by virtue of that section became a liability, obligation or right of those trustees.
(2)A certificate given by the persons who on that date were the president and general secretary of a trade union or employers’ association, or occupied positions equivalent to that of president and general secretary, that the persons named in the certificate are the appropriate trustees of the union or association for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 is conclusive evidence that those persons were the appropriate trustees for those purposes.
(3)A document which purports to be such a certificate shall be taken to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
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