Part I Trade Unions
Chapter VI Application of funds for political objects
The political fund
84AF1Information to members about contributing to political fund
1
A trade union shall take all reasonable steps to secure that, not later than the end of the period of eight weeks beginning with the day on which the annual return of the union is sent to the Certification Officer, all the members of the union are notified of their right to give a withdrawal notice under section 84(2).
2
The notification may be given —
a
by sending individual copies of it to members; or
b
by any other means (whether by including the notification in a publication of the union or otherwise) which it is the practice of the union to use when information of general interest to all its members needs to be provided to them;
and, in particular, the notification may be included with the statement required to be given by section 32A.
3
A trade union shall send to the Certification Officer a copy of the notification which is provided to its members in pursuance of this section as soon as is reasonably practicable after it is so provided.
4
Where the same form of notification is not provided to all the members of a trade union, the union shall send to the Certification Officer in accordance with subsection (3) a copy of each form of notification provided to any of them.
5
Where the Certification Officer is satisfied that a trade union has failed to comply with a requirement of this section, the Officer may make such order for remedying the failure as he thinks just under the circumstances.
6
Before deciding the matter the Certification Officer—
a
may make such enquiries as the Officer thinks fit;
b
must give the union, and any member of the union who made a complaint to the Officer regarding the matter, an opportunity to make written representations; and
c
may give the union, and any such member as is mentioned in paragraph (b), an opportunity to make oral representations.