Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration
7. Register of trade unions
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Registrar
“Registrar” means the person for the time being appointed by the Minister under section 3 by name or by office to be or to act as Registrar of Trade Unions, and includes any person appointed by the Minister under section 4 to be or to act as an Assistant Registrar of Trade Unions;
The register may be kept in whole or in part in an electronic form.
register
“register” means the register of trade unions maintained by the Registrar under section 7;
The Registrar may require an officer or member of a registered trade union to produce such document or provide such information as the Registrar may require for the purposes of maintaining the register.
officer
“officer”, in relation to a trade union, includes any member of the executive thereof and any member of any committee, provision for which is made in the rules of the trade union, but does not include an auditor;
The Registrar may order the destruction of any document in the registry after the document has been microfilmed or converted to electronic form.
A certified copy of any entry in the register shall be conclusive proof of the facts specified therein as on the date of such certified copy.