Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974

The Trade Union Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 30)

2 (1) The Trade Union Act 1913 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) For section 2(1), substitute as new subsections (1) and (1A) two subsections in the same terms as subsections (1) and (2) respectively of section 28 of this Act, but with the insertion in the definition of " employers' association " in subsection (2), after the words " temporary) which ", of the words " is unincorporated and ".

(3) In sections 3 to 6, for the words substituted by Schedule 8 to the 1971 Act substitute the words contained in those sections immediately before the substitutions were effected by that Act except in the contexts specified in sub-paragraph (4) below.

(4) In sections 3(1) and 4(1) omit the words from " whether the " to " is registered or not" and in section 4(2) the words " whether registered or not".

(5) After section 6, insert—

“6A Application of section 3 to 6 employers™ associations.

Sections 3 to 6 of, and the Schedule to, this Act shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to unincorporated employers' associations as they apply in relation to trade unions.”

(6) For section 7 substitute—

“7 In any enactment relating to trade unions or employers' associations, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression " the Registrar of Friendly Societies " means, in relation to a trade union or employers' association whose office or head or main office is situated in England or Wales, the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, and in relation to a trade union or employers' association whose office or head or main office is situated in Scotland, the assistant registrar for Scotland.”