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(1)The Certification Officer may appoint one or more members of his staff or other persons as an inspector or inspectors to investigate the financial affairs of a trade union and to report on them in such manner as he may direct.
(2)The Certification Officer may only make such an appointment if it appears to him that there are circumstances suggesting—
(a)that the financial affairs of the trade union are being or have been conducted for a fraudulent or unlawful purpose,
(b)that persons concerned with the management of those financial affairs have, in connection with that management, been guilty of fraud, misfeasance or other misconduct,
(c)that the trade union has failed to comply with any duty imposed on it by this Act in relation to its financial affairs, or
(d)that a rule of the union relating to its financial affairs has not been complied with.
(3)Where an inspector is, or inspectors are, appointed under this section it is the duty of all persons who are or have been officials or agents of the trade union—
(a)to produce to the inspector or inspectors all relevant documents which are in their possession,
(b)to attend before the inspector or inspectors when required to do so, and
(c)otherwise to give the inspector or inspectors all assistance in connection with the investigation which they are reasonably able to give.
(4)Where any person (whether or not within subsection (3)) appears to the inspector or inspectors to be in possession of information relating to a matter which he considers, or they consider, to be relevant to the investigation, the inspector or inspectors may require him—
(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 he is reasonably able to give;
and it is the duty of the person to comply with the requirement.
(5)In subsections (3) and (4) “relevant documents”, in relation to an investigation of the financial affairs of a trade union, means accounting documents, and documents of any other description, which may be relevant to the investigation.
(6)A person shall not be excused from providing an explanation or making a statement in compliance with subsection (3) or a requirement imposed under subsection (4) on the ground that to do so would tend to expose him to proceedings for an offence; but an explanation so provided or statement so made may only be used in evidence against the person by whom it is provided or made—
(a)on a prosecution for an offence under section 45(9) (false explanations and statements), or
(b)on a prosecution for some other offence where in giving evidence the person makes a statement inconsistent with it.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 37A-37E inserted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s.10; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch.1
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