Part II Employers’ Associations

Administration of employers’ associations

131 Administrative provisions applying to employers’ associations.

1

The following provisions of Chapter III of Part I of this Act apply to an employers’ association as in relation to a trade union—

  • section 27 (duty to supply copy of rules),

    section 28 (duty to keep accounting records),

    F1section 32(1), (2), (3)(a), (b) and (c) and (4) to (6) F8 , section 32ZB and sections 33 to 37 (annual return, accounts and audit),

  • F2sections 37A to 37E (investigation of financial affairs),

  • sections 38 to 42 (members’ superannuation schemes),

    section 43(1) (exemption for newly-formed organisations),

    section 44(1),(2) and (4) (discharge of duties in case of organisation having branches or sections), and

    F3sections 45 and 45A (offences).

2

Sections 33 to 35 (appointment and removal of auditors) do not apply to an employers’ association which is registered as a company under F6the Companies Act 2006; and sections 36 and 37 (rights and duties of auditors) apply to the auditors appointed by such an association under F5. . . F4 Chapter 2 of Part 16 of F7that Act.