The Certification Officer may withdraw a trade union’s certificate of independence if he is of the opinion that the union is no longer independent.

Where he proposes to do so he shall notify the trade union and enter notice of the proposal in the record.

He shall not come to a decision on the proposal before the end of the period of one month after notice of it was entered on the record; and before coming to his decision he shall make such enquiries as he thinks fit and shall take into account any relevant information submitted to him by any person.

He shall then decide whether the trade union is independent and shall enter his decision and the date of his decision on the record.

He shall confirm or withdraw the certificate accordingly; and if he decides to withdraw it, he shall give reasons for his decision.

Where the name of an organisation is removed from the list of trade unions, the Certification Officer shall cancel any certificate of independence in force in respect of that organisation by entering on the record the fact that the organisation’s name has been removed from that list and that the certificate is accordingly cancelled.