Clause 14

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) No trade union shall cause the accounts to be audited under subsection (3) by the same person for a continuous period of more than five years without the prior written approval of the Minister.”; and

by renumbering the existing subsection (4) as subsection (5), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(6) The Registrar may by notice in writing direct the attendance before him, at the place and time set out in the notice, of any person appointed to audit the accounts of a trade union for any purpose related to the audit.(7) The Registrar may, if he thinks it necessary, by notice in writing direct any trade union to —

cause the accounts to be audited by any person other than the person who first audited the accounts; or

cause the accounts to be further audited in such manner as the Registrar may require.(8) All expenses incurred by a trade union in complying with the direction of the Registrar shall be borne by the trade union.(9) Any person who fails to comply with the direction of the Registrar under subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.(10) Any trade union which fails to comply with the direction of the Registrar under subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.”.