Trade Union (Forms) Regulations 2018.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Union (Forms) Regulations 2018.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations:
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paragraphs: The Regulations as to the Registration of Trade Unions dated 1st November 1876 are hereby revoked.
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paragraphs: The Registrar shall not register a trade union under a name identical with that of any other existing trade union known to him or her, whether registered or not registered, or so nearly resembling such name as to be likely to deceive the members or the public.
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paragraphs: Upon an application for the registration of a trade union which is already in operation, the Registrar, if he or she has reason to believe that the applicants have not been duly authorised by such trade union to make the same, may, for the purpose of ascertaining the fact, require from the applicants such evidence as may seem to him or her necessary.
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paragraphs: Application for registry of a trade union shall be made in Form A subjoined to these Regulations and shall be accompanied by two printed copies of the rules, marked and signed, as mentioned in the said form.
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paragraphs: The certificate of registry of a trade union shall be in the following format:
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paragraphs: An alteration of the rules of a trade union may be either:
(a) A partial alteration, consisting of the addition of a new rule or part of a rule or rules to the existing rules, or of the substitution of a new rule or part of a rule or rules for any of the existing rules, or of a rescission of any of the existing rules or any part thereof without any substitution or of more than one or all of those modes; or
(b) A complete alteration consisting of the substitution of an entire set of rules for the existing set of rules.
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paragraphs: An application for the registration of a partial alteration of rules must be made by seven members of the trade union, and must be made in the Form C annexed hereto, and accompanied by the following documents:
(a) Two copies of the new rules as they have been altered following the proposed changes, each copy being marked O and signed by each of the applicants; and
(b) A statutory declaration in Form D.
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paragraphs: The certificate of registry of a partial alteration shall be in the following form, and shall be delivered to the applicants, attached to one of the copies of the new rules:
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paragraphs: An application for the registration of a complete alteration of rules shall be made by seven members of the trade union, and shall be in Form F annexed hereto, and by two printed copies of the new rules, each copy being marked P and signed by each of the applicants; and the Registrar before registering the new set of rules shall ascertain that it provides for all matters which, by the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 are to be provided for by the rules of a registered trade union.
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paragraphs: The certificate of registry of a complete alteration of rules shall be in the following form, and shall be delivered to the applicants attached to one of the copies of the new set of rules:
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paragraphs: Every request by a trade union for withdrawal or cancelling of its certificate of registration shall be sent to the Registrar in Form J annexed hereto.
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paragraphs: Notice before withdrawal or cancelling of certificate, where required, shall be in Form K annexed hereto.
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paragraphs: The withdrawal or cancelling of certificate shall be in Form L annexed hereto.
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paragraphs: Notice of the situation of the registered office of a trade union, and of any change therein, shall be given to the Registrar in Form M annexed hereto.
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paragraphs: Every application to the Registrar to direct a transfer of stock shall follow, as near as may be, Form P annexed hereto, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form Q annexed hereto, or as near thereto as the facts admit, and by the certificate of the stock in respect of which the application is made.
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paragraphs: The Registrar, before directing the transfer, may require further proof of any statement in the application.
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paragraphs: The Registrar shall give a direction in Form R annexed hereto, so framed in each case as to suit the particular circumstances, and shall register the same and deliver the same to the applicants endorsed with the word “registered” or “clÃ¡raithe” and duly authenticated.
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paragraphs: When a trade union is dissolved, notice of the dissolution shall be given to the Registrar in duplicate in Form S annexed hereto and the Registrar shall return one copy to the trade union, endorsed with the word “registered” or “clÃ¡raithe” and duly authenticated.
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paragraphs: Every registered trade union shall keep a record or register of all nominations made by the members, and of all revocations and variation of the same, and for the recording or registering of every such nomination, revocation, or variation the rules of the trade union may require the member nominating to pay a sum not exceeding €1.
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paragraphs: Every document under the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990, bearing the signature of the Registrar shall be deemed to be duly authenticated for the purposes of the said Acts and the regulations made thereunder.