Subsection (2) applies if when an instrument of amalgamation is registered by the Certification Officer under this Chapter each of the amalgamating unions is entered in the list of trade unions.
The Certification Officer shall—
enter, with effect from the amalgamation date, the name of the amalgamated union in the list of trade unions, and
remove, with effect from that date, the names of the amalgamating unions from that list.
Subsection (4) applies if when an instrument of amalgamation is registered by the Certification Officer under this Chapter each of the amalgamating unions has a certificate of independence which is in force.
The Certification Officer shall issue to the amalgamated trade union, with effect from the amalgamation date, a certificate that the union is independent.
In this section "the amalgamation date" means the date on which the instrument of amalgamation takes effect.