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The Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
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PART II DEFINITION, STATUS AND GENERAL REGULATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS
PART III RESTRICTIONS ON LEGAL LIABILITY AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
PART IX THE CERTIFICATION OFFICER AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERS
PART XI MACHINERY FOR PROMOTING IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
PART XII MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
SCHEDULES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS
PART I ANNUAL RETURNS, AND QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL, AND FUNCTIONS, OF AUDITORS
1.(1) Subject to paragraph 5, the annual return of a trade union or an employers'...
2.Every annual return shall contain— (a) revenue accounts indicating the income and expenditure of the...
3.Every revenue account, every balance sheet and every other account contained in a return in...
4.Every return, in addition to containing the accounts mentioned in paragraph 2 shall contain a...
4A.(1) Every annual return of a trade union shall contain— (a) details of the salary...
5.The Certification Officer, if in any particular case he considers it appropriate to do so,—...
Appointment and removal of auditors
11.The rules of every trade union and every employers' association shall contain provision for the...
12.Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, its auditor or...
13.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, a qualified...
14.Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed when it is intended...
15.(1) Where any regulations made under paragraph 14 require copies of any representations made by...
Auditor's right of access to books and information and right to be heard at meetings
18.The auditor or auditors of a trade union or an employers' association shall make a...
18A.(1) The report shall state the names of, and be signed by, the auditor or...
19.The report shall state whether, in the opinion of the auditor or auditors, those accounts...
20.It shall be the duty of the auditor or auditors, in preparing a report under...
21.If an auditor fails to obtain all the information and explanations which, to the best...
22.In this Part “accounting period”, in relation to a trade union or an employers' association,...
PART II MEMBERS' SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES
Examination of superannuation schemes
23.Subject to paragraphs 29 to 31, every trade union and every employers' association which at...
24.Where a members' superannuation scheme to which paragraph 23 applies includes provision for the maintenance...
25.The report made by the actuary on the results of this examination of any such...
26.A copy of any report made by an actuary under paragraph 23 signed by the...
27.Subject to paragraphs 30 and 31, no trade union or employers' association shall after the...
28.A copy of any report made to a trade union or employers' association under paragraph...
29.Where on the application of a trade union or employers' association the Certification Officer is...
30.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...
31.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 30 if...
Periodical re-examination of schemes
32.(1) Subject to paragraph 34, where a trade union or employers' association for the time...
33.The provisions of paragraphs 24 to 26 and paragraph 28 shall have effect in relation...
34.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...
35.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 34 if...
PART I THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AGENCY
1.The Agency shall be a body corporate to which section 19 of the Interpretation Act...
2.(1) The Agency shall consist of the following persons appointed by the Minister— (a) a...
3.(1) A member of the Agency shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with...
4.The Head of the Department may, by notice in writing addressed to a member, terminate...
5.The proceedings of the Agency shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership...
6.The Agency shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or...
PART II SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE AGENCY
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