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The Certification Officer’s procedure for investigating reported financial irregularities in trade unions and employers’ associations.
Types of financial irregularities the Certification Officer (CO) can investigate and how to ask the CO to conduct an investigation.
Reports of investigations into the financial affairs of trade unions. All decisions are in PDF format.
Advice for inspectors dealing with procedural irregularities in respect of definitive map modification orders and public path orders.
Information to help academy trusts manage the risk of fraud and report instances of fraud to the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
How HMRC calculates and notifies UK-based businesses about customs civil penalties for contraventions of EU and national legal requirements.
Class investigation into irregularities with protection arrangements for trackworkers during infrastructure engineering work.
Complain about a trade union if you think they've broken the rules - ballots, strikes, mergers, what you can and cannot complain about, appeal against a decision, anonymous complaints
What happens when HMRC investigates your VAT affairs under the Civil Evasion Penalty Notice 730 procedure. For investigations started before 31 January 2012.
How to let the Certification Officer (CO) know about potential fraud or financial irregularities.
Section last updated: April 2024.
Guidance on how the Certification Officer Intends to use these Powers
Evaluation of an Official Development Assistance (ODA) project.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
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