Paragraph 13 Section 80 of the 2025 Act (annual returns: removal of provision about political expenditure)I1
United Kingdom
Section 80 of the 2025 Act (annual returns: removal of provision about political expenditure) does not apply in relation to any requirement—
for a trade union to give information in its annual return under section 32ZB of the 1992 Actf1, as it had effect before the commencement date, where the return period ends before the commencement date, or
for an employers’ association to give information in its annual return under section 32ZB of the 1992 Act as it had effect before the commencement date, as applied by section 131(1) of that Actf2 as it had effect before the commencement date, where the return period ends before the commencement date.
Section 80(3) of the 2025 Act does not affect the powers of the Certification Officer under section 32ZC of the 1992 Actf3, as it had effect before the commencement date, in respect of a failure by a trade union to comply with a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
In this paragraph, “return period” means—
in relation to a trade union’s annual return, the period for which the trade union is required to send that return to the Certification Officer under section 32 of the 1992 Act, or
in relation to an employers’ association’s annual return, the period for which the employers’ association is required to send that return to the Certification Officer under section 32 of the 1992 Act, as applied by section 131(1) of that Act.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at made date
Footnotes
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Section 32ZB was inserted into the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 by section 12(1) of the Trade Union Act 2016.
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Section 131 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 was amended by paragraph 64 of Schedule 8 to the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 and by section 12(2) of the Trade Union Act 2016.
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Section 32ZC was inserted into the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 by section 18(1) of the Trade Union Act 2016.