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The Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

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  1. Introductory TextNext Match

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORYPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 1.Title and commencementPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 2.InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

  3. PART II DEFINITION, STATUS AND GENERAL REGULATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. Definition and statusPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 3.Definition and status of trade unionPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 4.Definition and status of employers' associationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. Listing and certificationPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 5.Lists of trade unions and employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 6.Certification as independent trade unionPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. PropertyPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 7.Property of trade unions and unincorporated employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 8.Use of trade union funds for indemnifying unlawful conductPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 9.Remedy against trustees of trade union for unlawful use of propertyPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. Records and returnsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 10.Duty to keep accounting recordsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 11.Duties as to annual returns, auditors and members' superannuation schemesPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 11A.Statement to members following annual returnPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 12.Returns, etc., by trade unions and employers' associations outside Northern IrelandPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. Investigation of financial affairsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 12A.Power of Certification Officer to require production of documents etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 12B.Investigations by inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 12C.Inspectors' reports etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 12D.Expenses of investigationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 12E.Articles 12A and 12B: supplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match

      6. 13.OffencesPrevious MatchNext Match

      7. 13A.Penalties and prosecution time limitsPrevious MatchNext Match

      8. 13B.Duty to secure positions not held by certain offendersPrevious MatchNext Match

      9. 13C.Remedies and enforcementPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. Application of existing statutory provisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 14.Application of existing statutory provisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

  4. PART III RESTRICTIONS ON LEGAL LIABILITY AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. Restrictions on legal liabilityPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Arts. 15‐20 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    2. Legal proceedings involving trade unions and employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 21.Liability of trade union in certain proceedings in tortPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 21A.Repudiation by union of certain actsPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 22.Limit on damages awarded against trade unions in actions in tortPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 23.Recovery of sums awarded in proceedings involving trade unions and employers' associationsPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. Restrictions on powers of courtPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Arts. 24, 25 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    4. Enforceability of collective agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 26.Enforceability of collective agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. Union membership or recognition requirements in contractsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 27.Prohibition on union membership requirementsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 28.Prohibition on union recognition requirementsPrevious MatchNext Match

  5. PART IV RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. Arts 29‐36 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 37.Right to inspect union's accounting recordsPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. Art. 38 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

  6. PART V DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIONPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 39.General duty of employers to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 40.Restrictions on general duty under Article 39Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 41.Complaint of failure to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 42.Further complaint arising from failure to disclose informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 43.Determination of claim and awardPrevious MatchNext Match

  7. Parts VI–VIII rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

  8. PART IX THE CERTIFICATION OFFICER AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE RIGHTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. The Certification Officer for Northern IrelandPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 69.The Certification Officer for Northern IrelandPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 70.Procedure before, and appeals from, Certification OfficerPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 70ZA.Striking OutPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 70A.Vexatious litigantsPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 70B.Vexatious litigants: applications disregardedPrevious MatchNext Match

      6. Arts. 71—73 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

  9. Part X rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

  10. PART XI MACHINERY FOR PROMOTING IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. The Labour Relations AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 82.Constitution of the Labour Relations AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 83.General function of the AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 84.Functions of the Agency in relation to trade disputesPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 84AA.Information required by the Agency for purposes of settling recognition disputesPrevious MatchNext Match

      5. 84A.Arbitration scheme for unfair dismissal cases etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 84B.Dismissal procedures agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match

      7. 85.Notification of procedural agreementsPrevious MatchNext Match

      8. 86.Review of collective bargaining arrangementsPrevious MatchNext Match

      9. 87.Industrial relations trainingPrevious MatchNext Match

      10. 88.Industrial relations researchPrevious MatchNext Match

      11. 89.AdvicePrevious MatchNext Match

      12. 90.Codes of PracticePrevious MatchNext Match

      13. 90AA.Effect of failure to comply with Code: adjustment of awardsPrevious MatchNext Match

      14. 90A.Fees for exercise of functions by the AgencyPrevious MatchNext Match

      15. 90B.Prohibition on disclosure of informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. The Industrial CourtPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 91.The Industrial CourtPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 91A.The members of the CourtPrevious MatchNext Match

      3. 92.Proceedings of the CourtPrevious MatchNext Match

      4. 92A.Proceedings of the Court under Schedule 1A to the Trade Union and Labour Relations OrderPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. Courts of inquiryPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 93.Court of inquiry into trade disputePrevious MatchNext Match

      2. 94.Procedure of court of inquiryPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. Issue by Department of Codes of PracticePrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 95.Issue by Department of Codes of PracticePrevious MatchNext Match

    5. Meaning of “trade dispute” in Part XIPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 96.Meaning of “trade dispute” in Part XIPrevious MatchNext Match

  11. PART XII MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARYPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. Art. 97 rep. by 1993 NI 11 Previous MatchNext Match

    2. Arts. 98, 99 rep. by 1996 NI 16 Previous MatchNext Match

    3. Art. 100 rep. by 1996 NI 18 Previous MatchNext Match

    4. Art. 101 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    5. Art. 102 rep. with saving by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    6. Art. 103 rep. by 1995 NI 12 Previous MatchNext Match

    7. Nominations by members of trade unionPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 104.Nominations by members of trade unionPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. Crown employees and contracts, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      1. 105.Crown employees and contracts, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

    9. Restrictions on contracting outPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 105A.Restrictions on contracting outPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. Art. 106 rep. by 1998 NI 21 Previous MatchNext Match

    10. SupplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 107.Orders and regulationsPrevious MatchNext Match

      2. Art. 108 rep. by 1996 NI 16 Previous MatchNext Match

  12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match

      ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONSPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. PART I ANNUAL RETURNS, AND QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL, AND FUNCTIONS, OF AUDITORSPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. Annual returnsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 1.(1) Subject to paragraph 5, the annual return of a trade union or an employers'...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 2.Every annual return shall contain— (a) revenue accounts indicating the income and expenditure of the...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 3.Every revenue account, every balance sheet and every other account contained in a return in...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 4.Every return, in addition to containing the accounts mentioned in paragraph 2 shall contain a...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 4A.(1) Every annual return of a trade union shall contain— (a) details of the salary...Previous MatchNext Match

          6. 5.The Certification Officer, if in any particular case he considers it appropriate to do so,—...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. Qualifications of auditorsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 6.Subject to paragraph 9, a person shall not be qualified to be the auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 9.(1) Two or more persons who are not qualified under paragraph 6 may act as...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 10.(1) None of the following persons shall act as auditor of a trade union or...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. Appointment and removal of auditorsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 11.The rules of every trade union and every employers' association shall contain provision for the...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 12.Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, its auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 13.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the rules of a trade union or employers' association, a qualified...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 14.Regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed when it is intended...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 15.(1) Where any regulations made under paragraph 14 require copies of any representations made by...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. Auditor's right of access to books and information and right to be heard at meetingsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 16.Every auditor of a trade union or an employers' association— (a) shall have a right...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 17.(1) Every auditor of a trade union or an employers' association shall be entitled— (a)...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. Auditor's reportsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 18.The auditor or auditors of a trade union or an employers' association shall make a...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 18A.(1) The report shall state the names of, and be signed by, the auditor or...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 19.The report shall state whether, in the opinion of the auditor or auditors, those accounts...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 20.It shall be the duty of the auditor or auditors, in preparing a report under...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 21.If an auditor fails to obtain all the information and explanations which, to the best...Previous MatchNext Match

          6. 22.In this Part “accounting period”, in relation to a trade union or an employers' association,...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. PART II MEMBERS' SUPERANNUATION SCHEMESPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. Examination of superannuation schemesPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 23.Subject to paragraphs 29 to 31, every trade union and every employers' association which at...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 24.Where a members' superannuation scheme to which paragraph 23 applies includes provision for the maintenance...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 25.The report made by the actuary on the results of this examination of any such...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 26.A copy of any report made by an actuary under paragraph 23 signed by the...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 27.Subject to paragraphs 30 and 31, no trade union or employers' association shall after the...Previous MatchNext Match

          6. 28.A copy of any report made to a trade union or employers' association under paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match

          7. 29.Where on the application of a trade union or employers' association the Certification Officer is...Previous MatchNext Match

          8. 30.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...Previous MatchNext Match

          9. 31.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 30 if...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. Periodical re-examination of schemesPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 32.(1) Subject to paragraph 34, where a trade union or employers' association for the time...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 33.The provisions of paragraphs 24 to 26 and paragraph 28 shall have effect in relation...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 34.The Certification Officer, on the application of a trade union or employers' association, may exempt...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 35.The Certification Officer may at any time revoke any exemption granted under paragraph 34 if...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. Separate fund for members' superannuation schemePrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 36.After the appointed day no trade union or employers' association shall maintain a members' superannuation...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 37.After the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. Interpretation of Part IIPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 38.In this Part— (a) “members' superannuation scheme” means any scheme or arrangement made by or...Previous MatchNext Match

    2. Previous MatchNext Match

      Schedules 2–3 rep. by 1995 NI 12Previous MatchNext Match

    3. SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match

      THE LABOUR RELATIONS AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. PART I THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.The Agency shall be a body corporate to which section 19 of the Interpretation Act...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 2.(1) The Agency shall consist of the following persons appointed by the Minister— (a) a...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 3.(1) A member of the Agency shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. 4.The Head of the Department may, by notice in writing addressed to a member, terminate...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. 5.The proceedings of the Agency shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership...Previous MatchNext Match

        6. 6.The Agency shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. PART II SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE AGENCYPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. MembersPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 7.The Agency may pay, or make such payments towards the provision of, such remuneration, allowances...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 8.In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 the...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. Panel of advisersPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 9.(1) The Agency may appoint a panel of persons, who are not members of the...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. The sealPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 10.The fixing of the common seal of the Agency shall be authenticated by the signature...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. Execution of contracts and instruments not under sealPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 11.Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an individual, would not...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. StaffPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 12.The number of persons employed by the Agency and the terms and conditions of employment...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 13.The Agency may, in the case of such persons employed by it as may be...Previous MatchNext Match

        6. Financial provisionPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 14.For the purpose of enabling the Agency to carry out its functions, the Department shall...Previous MatchNext Match

        7. Accounts and auditPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 15.(1) The Agency shall— (a) keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the...Previous MatchNext Match

        8. ReportsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 16.(1) The Agency shall, as soon as possible within a period of three months after...Previous MatchNext Match

    4. SCHEDULE 4APrevious MatchNext Match

      TRIBUNAL JURISDICTIONS TO WHICH ARTICLE 90AA APPLIESPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Section 2 of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 32) (equality clauses) Article...

      2. Section 2 of the Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 32) (equality clauses) Article...

    5. Previous MatchNext Match

      Schedules 5–6 rep. by 1996 NI 16Previous MatchNext Match

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