123The list of employers' associations
(1)The Certification Officer shall keep a list of employers' associations containing the names of—
(a)the organisations whose names were, immediately before the commencement of this Act, duly entered in the list of employers' associations kept by him under section 8 of the [1974 c. 52.] Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, and
(b)the names of the organisations entitled to have their names entered in the list in accordance with this Part.
(2)The Certification Officer shall keep copies of the list of employers' associations, as for the time being in force, available for public inspection at all reasonable hours free of charge.
(3)A copy of the list shall be included in his annual report.
(4)The fact that the name of an organisation is included in the list of employers' associations is evidence (in Scotland, sufficient evidence) that the organisation is an employers' association.
(5)On the application of an organisation whose name is included in the list, the Certification Officer shall issue it with a certificate to that effect.
(6)A document purporting to be such a certificate is evidence (in Scotland, sufficient evidence) that the name of the organisation is entered in the list.