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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-131",
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  "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/131",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "131",
  "heading": "Administrative provisions applying to employers’ associations.",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of Chapter III of Part I of this Act apply to an employers’ association as in relation to a trade union—\nsection 27 (duty to supply copy of rules),\nsection 28 (duty to keep accounting records),\nsection 32(1), (2), (3)(a), (b) and (c) and (4) to (6) ... and sections 33 to 37 (annual return, accounts and audit),\nsections 37A to 37E (investigation of financial affairs),\nsections 38 to 42 (members’ superannuation schemes),\nsection 43(1) (exemption for newly-formed organisations),\nsection 44(1),(2) and (4) (discharge of duties in case of organisation having branches or sections), and\nsections 45 and 45A (offences).\n(2) Sections 33 to 35 (appointment and removal of auditors) do not apply to an employers’ association which is registered as a company under the Companies Act 2006; and sections 36 and 37 (rights and duties of auditors) apply to the auditors appointed by such an association under . . . Chapter 2 of Part 16 of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(1) substituted (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 64(a); S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(3), Sch.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(1) omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 80(5), 159(2)(m) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2026/3, Sch. 2 para. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(1) inserted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 64(b); S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(1) substituted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 64(c); S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(2) 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(4)(a) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(2) repealed (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), arts. 2(2), 3(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 188, Sch. 2 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(2) inserted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), arts. 1(3)(a), 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 74 (with art. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 131(2) 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(4)(b) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/131",
    "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."
}