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Section 45B: Duty to secure positions not held by certain offenders.

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 · 1992 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Trade Unions — Chapter III: Trade union administration

A trade union shall secure that a person does not at any time hold a position in the union to which this section applies if—

within the period of five years immediately preceding that time he has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (5) of section 45, or
within the period of ten years immediately preceding that time he has been convicted of an offence under subsection (4), (7), (8) or (9) of that section.

Subject to subsection (4), the positions to which this section applies are—

member of the executive,
any position by virtue of which a person is a member of the executive,
president, and
general secretary.

For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) "member of the executive" includes any person who, under the rules or practice of the union, may attend and speak at some or all of the meetings of the executive, otherwise than for the purpose of providing the committee with factual information or with technical or professional advice with respect to matters taken into account by the executive in carrying out its functions.

This section does not apply to the position of president or general secretary if the holder of that position—

is not, in respect of that position, either a voting member of the executive or an employee of the union,
holds that position for a period which under the rules of the union cannot end more than thirteen months after he took it up, and
has not held either position at any time in the period of twelve months ending with the day before he took up that position.

In subsection (4)(a) "a voting member of the executive" means a person entitled in his own right to attend meetings of the executive and to vote on matters on which votes are taken by the executive (whether or not he is entitled to attend all such meetings or to vote on all such matters or in all circumstances).

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