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10 Quasi-corporate status of trade unions.E+W+S
(1)A trade union is not a body corporate but—
(a)it is capable of making contracts;
(b)it is capable of suing and being sued in its own name, whether in proceedings relating to property or founded on contract or tort or any other cause of action; and
(c)proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed by it or on its behalf may be brought against it in its own name.
(2)A trade union shall not be treated as if it were a body corporate except to the extent authorised by the provisions of this Part.
(3)A trade union shall not be registered—
(a)as a company under the [the Companies Act 2006], or
(b)under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or the [ the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 ];
and any such registration of a trade union (whenever effected) is void.
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