Section 42, The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act, 2024

(1) An application for the registration of trade unionsand employers' organisations shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed form and shall be, in the case of - (a) a trade union, - (i) signed by at least 50 members of the union; and (ii) accompanied by a copy of the constitution of the trade union; (b) an employers' organisation, - (i) signed by at least 5 members of the organisation; and (ii) accompanied by a copy of the constitution of the organisation. (2) The Registrar shall, upon receipt of the application and the constitution of a trade union or employers' organisation under subsection (1), after due consultation with the Joint Consultative Committee, cause a notice of the application to be published in the Gazette. (3) Upon the expiration of 3 months from the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette, the Registrar shall - (a) consider any objections to the application; (b) on being satisfied that - (i) an objection has not been raised and that the trade union or employers' organisation has complied with the provisions of registration under this Act; and (ii) the trade union or employers' organisation has paid the prescribed registration fee, register the trade union or employers' organisation and issue a certificate of registration to the trade union or organisation in such form as prescribed in the First Schedule. (4) A certificate of registration issued under subsection (4) shall, unless proved to have been withdrawn or cancelled shall be conclusive evidence that the provisions of this Act relating to registration have been complied with and that the union or employers' organisation is the trade union or an employers' organisation of the type stated in the certificate.