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The Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
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PART II DEFINITION, STATUS AND GENERAL REGULATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match
Investigation of financial affairsPrevious MatchNext Match
12A.Power of Certification Officer to require production of documents etc.Previous MatchNext Match
12E.Articles 12A and 12B: supplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match
13A.Penalties and prosecution time limitsPrevious MatchNext Match
13B.Duty to secure positions not held by certain offendersPrevious MatchNext Match
Application of existing statutory provisionsPrevious MatchNext Match
PART III RESTRICTIONS ON LEGAL LIABILITY AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGSPrevious MatchNext Match
Legal proceedings involving trade unions and employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match
21.Liability of trade union in certain proceedings in tortPrevious MatchNext Match
21A.Repudiation by union of certain actsPrevious MatchNext Match
22.Limit on damages awarded against trade unions in actions in tortPrevious MatchNext Match
23.Recovery of sums awarded in proceedings involving trade unions and employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match
Enforceability of collective agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match
Union membership or recognition requirements in contractsPrevious MatchNext Match
PART IV RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSPrevious MatchNext Match
PART V DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIONPrevious MatchNext Match
39.General duty of employers to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match
40.Restrictions on general duty under Article 39Previous MatchNext Match
41.Complaint of failure to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match
42.Further complaint arising from failure to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match
PART IX THE CERTIFICATION OFFICER AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSPrevious MatchNext Match
The Certification Officer for Northern IrelandPrevious MatchNext Match
PART XI MACHINERY FOR PROMOTING IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match
The Labour Relations AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match
82.Constitution of the Labour Relations AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match
84.Functions of the Agency in relation to trade disputesPrevious MatchNext Match
84AA.Information required by the Agency for purposes of settling recognition disputesPrevious MatchNext Match
84A.Arbitration scheme for unfair dismissal cases etc.Previous MatchNext Match
85.Notification of procedural agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match
86.Review of collective bargaining arrangementsPrevious MatchNext Match
90AA.Effect of failure to comply with Code: adjustment of awardsPrevious MatchNext Match
90A.Fees for exercise of functions by the AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match
90B.Prohibition on disclosure of informationPrevious MatchNext Match
Issue by Department of Codes of PracticePrevious MatchNext Match
Meaning of “trade dispute” in Part XIPrevious MatchNext Match
PART XII MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARYPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match
PART I ANNUAL RETURNS, AND QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL, AND FUNCTIONS, OF AUDITORSPrevious MatchNext Match
Annual returnsPrevious MatchNext Match
1.(1) Subject to paragraph 5, the annual return of a trade union or an employers'...Previous MatchNext Match
2.Every annual return shall contain— (a) revenue accounts indicating the income and expenditure of the...Previous MatchNext Match
3.Every revenue account, every balance sheet and every other account contained in a return in...Previous MatchNext Match
4.Every return, in addition to containing the accounts mentioned in paragraph 2 shall contain a...Previous MatchNext Match
4A.(1) Every annual return of a trade union shall contain— (a) details of the salary...Previous MatchNext Match
5.The Certification Officer, if in any particular case he considers it appropriate to do so,—...Previous MatchNext Match
Qualifications of auditorsPrevious MatchNext Match
6.Subject to paragraph 9, a person shall not be qualified to be the auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match
9.(1) Two or more persons who are not qualified under paragraph 6 may act as...Previous MatchNext Match
10.(1) None of the following persons shall act as auditor of a trade union or...Previous MatchNext Match
Appointment and removal of auditorsPrevious MatchNext Match
11.The rules of every trade union and every employers' association shall contain provision for the...Previous MatchNext Match
12.Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, its auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match
13.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, a qualified...Previous MatchNext Match
14.Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed when it is intended...Previous MatchNext Match
15.(1) Where any regulations made under paragraph 14 require copies of any representations made by...Previous MatchNext Match
Auditor's right of access to books and information and right to be heard at meetingsPrevious MatchNext Match
Auditor's reportsPrevious MatchNext Match
18.The auditor or auditors of a trade union or an employers' association shall make a...Previous MatchNext Match
18A.(1) The report shall state the names of, and be signed by, the auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match
19.The report shall state whether, in the opinion of the auditor or auditors, those accounts...Previous MatchNext Match
20.It shall be the duty of the auditor or auditors, in preparing a report under...Previous MatchNext Match
21.If an auditor fails to obtain all the information and explanations which, to the best...Previous MatchNext Match
22.In this Part “accounting period”, in relation to a trade union or an employers' association,...Previous MatchNext Match
PART II MEMBERS' SUPERANNUATION SCHEMESPrevious MatchNext Match
Examination of superannuation schemesPrevious MatchNext Match
23.Subject to paragraphs 29 to 31, every trade union and every employers' association which at...Previous MatchNext Match
24.Where a members' superannuation scheme to which paragraph 23 applies includes provision for the maintenance...Previous MatchNext Match
25.The report made by the actuary on the results of this examination of any such...Previous MatchNext Match
26.A copy of any report made by an actuary under paragraph 23 signed by the...Previous MatchNext Match
27.Subject to paragraphs 30 and 31, no trade union or employers' association shall after the...Previous MatchNext Match
28.A copy of any report made to a trade union or employers' association under paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match
29.Where on the application of a trade union or employers' association the Certification Officer is...Previous MatchNext Match
30.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...Previous MatchNext Match
31.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 30 if...Previous MatchNext Match
Periodical re-examination of schemesPrevious MatchNext Match
32.(1) Subject to paragraph 34, where a trade union or employers' association for the time...Previous MatchNext Match
33.The provisions of paragraphs 24 to 26 and paragraph 28 shall have effect in relation...Previous MatchNext Match
34.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...Previous MatchNext Match
35.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 34 if...Previous MatchNext Match
Separate fund for members' superannuation schemePrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match
THE LABOUR RELATIONS AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match
PART I THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match
1.The Agency shall be a body corporate to which section 19 of the Interpretation Act...Previous MatchNext Match
2.(1) The Agency shall consist of the following persons appointed by the Minister— (a) a...Previous MatchNext Match
3.(1) A member of the Agency shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with...Previous MatchNext Match
4.The Head of the Department may, by notice in writing addressed to a member, terminate...Previous MatchNext Match
5.The proceedings of the Agency shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership...Previous MatchNext Match
6.The Agency shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or...Previous MatchNext Match
PART II SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match
SCHEDULE 4APrevious MatchNext Match
TRIBUNAL JURISDICTIONS TO WHICH ARTICLE 90AA APPLIESPrevious MatchNext Match
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