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(1)The Certification Officer may appoint one or more members of the Officer's staff or other persons as an inspector or inspectors to—
(a)investigate whether a trade union has failed to comply with any of the requirements of section 24(1) (duties regarding the register of members), and
(b)report to the Officer in such manner as the Officer may direct.
(2)The Certification Officer may only make such an appointment if it appears to the Officer that there are circumstances suggesting that the union has failed to comply with a requirement of section 24(1), 24ZA or 24ZB (duties etc relating to the register of members).
(3)Where any person appears to the inspector or inspectors to be in possession of information relating to a matter considered by the inspector or inspectors to be relevant to the investigation, the inspector or inspectors may require the person—
(a)to produce to the inspector or inspectors any relevant documents relating to that matter,
(b)to attend before the inspector or inspectors, and
(c)otherwise to give the inspector or inspectors all assistance in connection with the investigation which the person is reasonably able to give.
(4)“Relevant documents” means—
(a)the register of the names and addresses of the trade union's members, and
(b)documents of any other description which the inspector or inspectors consider may be relevant to whether the union has failed to comply with any of the requirements of section 24(1).
(5)Where a person who is not a member of the Certification Officer's staff is appointed as an inspector under this section, there is incorporated in the appointment the duty of confidentiality as respects the register of the names and addresses of the trade union's members.
(6)The duty of confidentiality as respects that register is a duty which the inspector owes to the Certification Officer—
(a)not to disclose any name or address in the register of the names and addresses of the union's members except in permitted circumstances, and
(b)to take all reasonable steps to secure that there is no disclosure of any such name or address by another person except in permitted circumstances.
(7)The circumstances in which disclosure of a member's name or address is permitted are—
(a)where the member consents,
(b)where it is required or requested by the Certification Officer for the purposes of the discharge of any of the Officer's functions,
(c)where it is required for the purposes of the discharge of any of the functions of the inspector or any other inspector appointed by the Officer,
(d)where it is required for the purposes of the discharge of any of the functions of an assurer appointed under section 24ZB, or
(e)where it is required for the purposes of the investigation of crime or criminal proceedings.
(8)For supplementary provision, see section 24ZK.]
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