Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (c. 52)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Administrative Provisions Relating to Trade Unions and Employers' Associations

PART I Annual Returns, and Qualifications, Appointment and Removal, and Functions, of Auditors

Auditor's right of access to books and information and right to be heard at meetings

16 Every auditor of a trade union or an employers' association—

(a) shall have a right of access at all times to its accounting records and to all other documents relating to its affairs, and

(b) shall be entitled to require from its officers, or the officers of any of its branches or sections, such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of his duties as auditor.