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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-act-1974-repealed-16101992/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/52",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (repealed 16.10.1992)",
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  "number": "16",
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  "text": "Every auditor of a trade union or an employers’ association—\n(a) shall have a right of access at all times to its accounting records and to all other documents relating to its affairs, and\n(b) shall be entitled to require from its officers, or the officers of any of its branches or sections; such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of his duties as auditor.",
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      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 16, 17 amended by Companies Act 1976 (c. 69), s. 20(4)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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