Part 5The Certification Officer

51Restriction of grounds of appeal from Certification Officer

(1)

In section 9 of the 1992 Act (appeal against decision of Certification Officer relating to the list of trade unions or a certificate of independence)—

(a)

at the end of each of subsections (1) and (2), insert “ on any appealable question ”;

(b)

omit subsection (3); and

(c)

in subsection (4), for “The rights of appeal conferred by this section extend to any question of fact or law” substitute “ For the purposes of this section, an appealable question is any question of law ”.

(2)

In section 126 of the 1992 Act (appeal against decision of Certification Officer relating to the list of employers' associations)—

(a)

at the end of subsection (1), insert “ on any appealable question ”;

(b)

omit subsection (2); and

(c)

in subsection (3), for “The right of appeal conferred by this section extend to any question of fact or law” substitute “ For the purposes of this section, an appealable question is any question of law ”.