Section 24ZA — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Duty to provide membership audit certificate

Duty to provide membership audit certificate 24ZA 1 A trade union required to maintain a register of the names and addresses of its members by section 24 must send to the Certification Officer a membership audit certificate in relation to each reporting period.

2 In this section and in sections 24ZB to 24ZF, a “ reporting period ” means a period in relation to which the union is required by section 32 to send an annual return to the Certification Officer.

3 The union must send the membership audit certificate in relation to a reporting period to the Certification Officer at the same time as it sends to the Officer its annual return under section 32 in relation to that period.

4 In the case of a trade union required by section 24ZB to appoint an assurer in relation to a reporting period, the “ membership audit certificate ” in relation to that period is the certificate which the assurer is required to provide to the union in relation to that period pursuant to that appointment.

5 In any other case, the “ membership audit certificate ” in relation to a reporting period is a certificate which—

a must be signed by an officer of the trade union who is authorised to sign on its behalf, b must state the officer's name, and c must state whether, to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief, the union has complied with its duties under section 24(1) throughout the reporting period.

6 A trade union must, at a person's request, supply the person with a copy of its most recent membership audit certificate either free of charge or on payment of a reasonable charge.

7 The Certification Officer must at all reasonable hours keep available for public inspection, either free of charge or on payment of a reasonable charge, copies of all membership audit certificates sent to the Officer under this section.