SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Modifications of Act as applying to Amalgamations and Transfers of Engagements Involving Northern Ireland Unions
1
Subject to this Schedule, any reference to a trade union (except in section 6) shall include a reference to a Northern Ireland union.
2
1
The requirements of section 1 of this Act as to the approval of the instrument of amalgamation or transfer by a resolution of the trade union or trade unions concerned shall not apply to any Northern Ireland union, but the F2Certification Officer shall not under section 1(5) of this Act register the instrument unless he is satisfied that the instrument will be effective under the law of Northern Ireland.
2
In accordance with the foregoing sub-paragraph, nothing in section 2 or section 4 of this Act shall apply in relation to the passing of a resolution by a Northern Ireland union.
3
Nothing in section 3 of this Act shall apply in relation to the alteration of the rules of a Northern Ireland union.
4
Where an instrument of amalgamation or transfer is submitted to the F3Certification Officer for his approval under section 1(4) of this Act, the F3Certification Officer shall not give his approval unless the instrument states which of the bodies concerned is a Northern Ireland union, and, in the case of an instrument of amalgamation, shall not give his approval unless the instrument also states whether the resultant body is to be a trade union or a Northern Ireland union.