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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the
Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (Amalgamations, etc.) Regulations
1975 and shall come into operation on 12th May 1975.
(2) The 
Employers' and Workers' Organisations (Amalgamations, etc.) Regulations 1971

shall cease to have effect.
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(1) The 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to these
Regulations as it applies to an Act of Parliament.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations,
unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have
the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
 “the 1964 Act”
means the Trade Union (Amalgamations,
etc.) Act 1964;
 “the 1974 Act”
means the 
Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974;

 “the Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it by 
section 9(1) of the 1964 Act;

 “duly authenticated”
 means bearing the signature of the Registrar
and the date of the signature;
 “organisation”
means any trade union as defined in 
section 28(1) of the 1974 Act, or any employers'
association as defined in section 28(2)
of the 1974 Act which is not a corporate body;
 “Northern Ireland union”
 has the meaning assigned to it by 
section 10(5) of the 1964 Act.

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(1) An application pursuant to 
section 1(4) of the 1964 Act for approval of
a proposed instrument of amalgamation or transfer shall be submitted to the
Registrar—
(a) in the case of a proposed instrument
of amalgamation, by one of the amalgamating organisations; and
(b) in the case of a proposed instrument
of transfer, by the transferor organisation, andthe application shall be accompanied by two copies of the proposed
instrument both of which shall be signed as required by 
paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, 
paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations,
and by copies of the current rules of the organisations which are parties
to the instrument.
(2) An application pursuant to 
section 1(4) of the 1964 Act for approval of
a proposed notice to be supplied to members of an organisation in accordance
with section 1(2)(d)
of that Act shall be accompanied by two copies of the proposed notice.
(3) The Registrar shall signify his approval
of such instrument or notice by returning to the applicant organisation one
of the copies endorsed with the word “Approved” and duly authenticated.

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(1) Subject to 
Regulation 5 an instrument of amalgamation
shall contain the particulars and information specified in 
Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) Subject to 
Regulation 5 an instrument of transfer shall
contain the particulars and information specified in 
Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
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Regulation 4
shall not apply to any instrument of amalgamation or instrument of transfer
which, before the coming into operation of these Regulations, has been approved
by the Chief Registrar of Trade Unions and Employers' Associations or by any
assistant registrar appointed by him for the purpose of 
section 8 of the 1964 Act.
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(1) An application pursuant to 
section 1(5) of the 1964 Act for registration
of an instrument of amalgamation shall be signed by three members of the committee
of management or other governing body and the secretary of each of the amalgamating
organisations and shall be submitted to the Registrar in the form to be provided
by him for that purpose. The application shall be accompanied by two copies
of the instrument and two copies of the proposed rules of the amalgamated
organisation and by a statutory declaration from each of the amalgamating
organisations in the form to be provided by the Registrar for that purpose.
Each copy of the proposed rules shall be signed by the secretary of each of
the amalgamating organisations.
(2) An application pursuant to 
section 1(5) of the 1964 Act for registration
of an instrument of transfer shall be signed by three members of the committee
of management or other governing body and the secretary of each of the organisations
concerned and shall be submitted to the Registrar by the transferee organisation
in the form to be provided by him for that purpose. The application shall
be accompanied by two copies of the instrument and by statutory declarations
made by the secretary of the transferor organisation and the secretary of
the transferee organisation in the forms to be provided by the Registrar for
that purpose. The application shall also be accompanied by two copies of any
amendments to the rules of the transferee organisation made since the date
of the application for approval of the proposed instrument of transfer under 
Regulation 3(1).
(3) In any case where he considers it desirable
with a view to ensuring that adequate publicity is given to the date by which
complaints must be made to him, under section
4 of the 1964 Act, as to the validity of a
resolution approving an instrument of amalgamation or transfer, the Registrar
may, not later than seven days after the date on which he receives the application
for registration of the instrument, require notice to be given or published
in such manner, in such form, and on or before such date, as he may direct
of the fact that the application for registration has been or is to be made
to him.
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(1) Before registering an instrument of amalgamation,
the Registrar shall satisfy himself that the proposed rules of the amalgamated
organisation are in no way inconsistent with the terms of the said instrument.

(2) Upon registering the instrument the Registrar
shall send to the address specified for that purpose on the form of application
for registration one copy of the instrument endorsed with the word “Registered”
and duly authenticated.
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(1) Before registering an instrument of transfer
the Registrar shall satisfy himself that the rules of the transferee organisation
are in no way inconsistent with the terms of the said instrument.
(2) Upon registering the instrument the Registrar
shall send to the transferee organisation one copy of the instrument endorsed
with the word “Registered” and duly authenticated.
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(1) An application by an organisation pursuant
to section 6(2)
of the 1964 Act for the approval of a change of name shall be signed by three
members of the committee of management or other governing body and the secretary
of the organisation and shall be submitted to the Registrar in duplicate in
the form to be provided by him for that purpose.
(2) The application shall be accompanied
by a statutory declaration as to the manner in which the change of name was
effected by the secretary of the organisation in the form to be provided by
the Registrar for the purpose.
(3) Upon approving the change of name the
Registrar shall return to the organisation one copy of the application endorsed
with the word “Approved” and duly authenticated.
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Where a Northern Ireland union is a party to
an amalgamation or transfer of engagements, these Regulations shall have effect
subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—
(a) Regulations
3 and 6(3)
shall not apply to a Northern Ireland union;
(b) Regulation
4(2) shall not apply to an instrument of transfer
if the transferor organisation is a Northern Ireland union;
(c) Regulation
6 shall not require any statutory declaration
from a Northern Ireland union;
(d) The application to the Registrar under 
Regulation 6(2) for the registration of an
instrument of transfer shall be submitted by the transferor organisation if
the transferee organisation is a Northern Ireland union.
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The following fees shall be payable in advance—

For registration of an instrument of amalgamation
or transfer £15
For approval of a change of name £2.50
For every inspection on the same day
of documents kept by the Registrar under the 1964 Act relating to one and
the same organisation 
12p
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A fee of 25p shall be payable for the entry
of an amalgamated organisation on the relevant list where each of the amalgamating
organisations is already entered on the list.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Albert Booth
Minister of State
Department of Employment
25th March 1975We approve Regulation 11.
M. Cocks
Donald R. Coleman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
26th March 1975
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 4(1)
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The instrument shall state that it is an instrument
of amalgamation between the organisations named therein as the amalgamating
organisations, and that upon the coming into operation of the instrument the
members of the amalgamating organisations will become members of the amalgamated
organisation and be subject to that organisation's rules.
2 
The instrument shall either set out the proposed
rules of the amalgamated organisation or state who are the persons authorised
to draw up those rules.
3 
If the instrument does not set out the proposed
rules it shall contain a summary of what those rules will provide with regard
to the following matters:—
(i) the name and principal purposes of the
amalgamated organisation;
(ii) the conditions of admission to membership;

(iii) the structure of the amalgamated organisation;

(iv) the method of appointing and removing
its governing body and principal officials and of altering its rules;
(v) the contributions and benefits applicable
to members of the amalgamating organisations.
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The instrument shall specify any property held
for the benefit of any of the amalgamating organisations or for the benefit
of a branch of any of those organisations which is not to be vested in the
appropriate trustees as defined in section 5(3)
 of the 1964 Act, and shall state the proposed
disposition of any such property.
5 
Without prejudice to 
section 1(5) of the 1964 Act, the instrument
shall state the date on which it is to take effect.
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The instrument shall be signed by three members
of the committee of management or other governing body and the secretary of
each of the amalgamating organisations.
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 4(2)
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The instrument shall state that it is an instrument
of transfer of the engagements of the organisation named therein as the transferor
organisation to the organisation named therein as the transferee organisation,
and that upon the coming into operation of the instrument the members of the
transferor organisation will become members of the transferee organisation
and be subject to that organisation's rules.
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The instrument shall:—
(i) state what contributions and benefits
will be applicable to members of the transferor organisation under the transferee
organisation's rules;
(ii) if members of the transferor organisation
are to be allocated to a branch or section or to branches or sections of the
transferee organisation, give particulars of such allocation or the method
by which it is to be decided;
(iii) state whether before registration of
the instrument the transferee organisation's rules are to be altered in their
application to members of the transferor organisation and, if so, the effect
of any alterations;
(iv) without prejudice to 
section 1(5) of the 1964 Act, state the date
on which the instrument is to take effect.
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The instrument shall specify any property held
for the benefit of the transferor organisation or for the benefit of a branch
of the transferor organisation which is not to be vested in the appropriate
trustees as defined in section 5(3)
of the 1964 Act, and shall state the proposed disposition of any such property.

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The instrument shall be signed by three members
of the committee of management or other governing body and the secretary of
each of the organisations.