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SCHEDULES

Article 81(3).

SCHEDULE 3MODIFICATIONS OF PART X AS APPLYING TO AMALGAMATIONS AND TRANSFERS OF ENGAGEMENTS INVOLVING GREAT BRITAIN UNIONS

1.  Subject to this Schedule, any reference in Part X to a trade union (except in Article 79) shall include a reference to a Great Britain union.

2.—(1) The requirements of Article 74 as to the approval of the instrument of amalgamation or transfer by a resolution of the trade union or trade unions concerned shall not apply to any Great Britain union, but the Certification Officer shall not under Article 74(5) register the instrument unless he is satisfied that the instrument will be effective under the law of Great Britain.

(2) In accordance with sub-paragraph (1), nothing in Article 75 or 77 shall apply in relation to the passing of a resolution by a Great Britain union.

3.  Nothing in Article 76 shall apply in relation to the alteration of the rules of a Great Britain union.

4.  Where an instrument of amalgamation or transfer is submitted to the Certification Officer for his approval under Article 74(4), the Certification Officer shall not give his approval unless the instrument states which of the bodies concerned is a Great Britain union, and, in the case of an instrument of amalgamation, shall not give his approval unless the instrument also states whether the resultant body is to be a trade union or a Great Britain union.