{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/52",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Quasi-corporate status of trade unions.",
  "text": "(1) A trade union is not a body corporate but—\n(a) it is capable of making contracts;\n(b) it is capable of suing and being sued in its own name, whether in proceedings relating to property or founded on contract or tort or any other cause of action; and\n(c) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed by it or on its behalf may be brought against it in its own name.\n(2) A trade union shall not be treated as if it were a body corporate except to the extent authorised by the provisions of this Part.\n(3) A trade union shall not be registered—\n(a) as a company under the the Companies Act 2006, or\n(b) under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or the the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 ;\nand any such registration of a trade union (whenever effected) is void.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(3)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 134(2) (with arts. 5-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(3)(b) substituted (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 54 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1974 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:34.194369+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}