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How the Certification Officer (CO) applies her powers to act without a complaint to conduct investigations into trade unions and employers’ associations.
Information from the Certification Officer on levy eligibility, how to pay and how the levy is calculated.
Guidance from the Certification Officer (CO).
Certification Officer (CO) guidance for trade unions that want to prove that they are independent from employers.
Annual return form AR21, ballots and industrial action spreadsheet, statement to members, notice to members and membership audit certificate (MAC).
Annual return form AR27, with guidance for completion.
Types of financial irregularities the Certification Officer (CO) can investigate and how to ask the CO to conduct an investigation.
Certification Officer (CO) guidance on eligibility, the application process and application form CO1.
Transfer of engagements and amalgamations: guidance from the Certification Officer (CO).
Complaint form and guidance on who can complain to the Certification Officer (CO), what you can complain about and how to complain.
How to let the Certification Officer (CO) know about potential fraud or financial irregularities.
Guidance on how the Certification Officer Intends to use these Powers
The Certification Officer’s procedure for investigating reported financial irregularities in trade unions and employers’ associations.
A guide for trade unions and employers’ associations seeking to renew their political resolution
A guide for trade unions and employers’ associations seeking to establish a political fund
Disclosure of the identity of individuals making applications and complaints to the Certification Officer
The determination of complaints by the Certification Officer under the Trade Union & Labour relation (consolidation) Act 1992
Blank electronic form for Employers' Associations completion
Blank electronic form and Ballots and Industrial Action Spreadsheet for Trade Unions completion
Guidance on making a disclosure protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, (whistleblowing) to the Certification Officer
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