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Trade Union Act 1975 (No. 4 of 1975).

Country(ies)

Ireland

Subjects (Classification)

Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations

Adopted on (Date of text)

1975-04-22

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Abstract/Citation

An Act to amend the law relating to the amalgamation of trade unions and the alteration of the name of a trade union, to provide for transfer of engagements from one trade union to another, to amend and extend the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1971, and to provide for other matters connected with the aforesaid matters. No. 4.

1. Interpretation.
2. Amalgamations of, and transfers of engagements by, trade unions.
3. Conditions for amalgamations or transfers.
4. Approval of documents by Registrar.
5. Voting on resolution to approve amalgamation or transfer.
6. Registration of instrument of amalgamation or transfer.
7. Application of sections 2 to 6.
8. Power to alter rules for purpose of transfer of engagements.
9. Amalgamations and transfers by members of certain trade unions.
10. Complaints to Registrar regarding resolutions.
11. Disposal of property on amalgamation or transfer.
12. Change of name of trade union.
13. Regulations.
14. Saver for pending amalgamations, etc.
15. Grants towards exceptional expenses of amalgamation or transfer.
16. Repeals.
17. Restriction on holding and grant of negotiation licence in case of certain trade unions.
18. Expenses.
19. Short title and collective citation.

The Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1971, and this Act may be cited together as the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1975.

Sections 11 to 13 of the Trade Union Act Amendment Act, 1876, and the Trade Union (Amalgamation) Act, 1917, are hereby repealed.

NOTE: following the 1990 amendment, Part II of Industrial Relations Act and the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1982, are to be cited together as the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1990, and are to be construed together as one Act.