Section 49, The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act, 2024

(1) The Registrar may cancel the certificate of registrationof a trade union or employers' organisation, after due consultation with the Joint Consultative Committee and notify the Union or organisation in writing in the following cases- (a) at the request of the trade union or employers' organisation made in such form as the Registrar may from time to time direct; (b) on proof to his satisfaction that the registration of the trade union or employers' organisation does not meet the requirements of section 43; or (c) where the Registrar is satisfied that a registered trade union or employers' organisation has ceased to exist. (2) Where the Registrar has cancelled the registration of a trade union or employers' organisation under subsection (1), a person aggrieved by such cancellation may, within 30 days from the date of notification thereof, appeal against the decision of the Registrar to the Industrial Court whose decision shall be final and the Industrial Court may make any directions as to the costs of the appeal as it thinks just. (3) Where the Registrar is satisfied that a certificate of registration of a trade union or employers' organisation has been obtained by fraud or mistake, or that a registered employers'organisation has wilfully and after notice from the Registrar violated any of the provisions of this Act, he shall, subject to this section, make an application for an order that the registration of the employers' organisation be cancelled to the Industrial Court whose decision shall be final and it may make any order as to the costs of the application as it thinks proper. (4) Before making application to the Industrial Court under subsection (3), the Registrar shall give at least 2 months' previous notice in writing to the union or organisation of his intention so to apply and shall state briefly the grounds of the proposed application. (5) A trade union or employers' organisation whose certificate of registration has been cancelled shall from the time of such cancellation absolutely cease to enjoy the privileges of a registered trade union or employers' organisation, without prejudice to any liability incurred by such employers' organisation, which may be enforced against the same as if such cancellation had not taken place. 40 41 Circulating false copy of constitution Cancellation of certificate registration. No. 6 The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act 2024 No. 6 The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act 2024