What triggers a trade union's duty to report, and what must the report itself contain?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In practice material of this kind, we read the union's settlement accounts, since the report must carry the result of that settlement, the records showing how the union is run, any written requirement issued by the administrative authority, and the report the union filed with its receipt.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading makes the duty turn on the requirement of an administrative authority: where that authority requires it, the trade union shall report the result of its settlement and the state of its operation, and 'shall' makes the reporting obligatory rather than optional.
Another reading notes that the provision names only the trade union as the reporting actor and joins the two items it must cover, while it sets no form, no period, no level of detail and no consequence for not reporting, so those points remain for other rules or practice to supply.
Your judgment
If the administrative authority's requirement was given orally, what paper in the file could show that the requirement was made?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act is amended to set a form, a period or a consequence for not reporting, or if a decision clarifies how the requirement must be made or what the report must cover.