{"id":49920,"date":"2014-11-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7538c59b3ef4c63a088fa9aac7d3afb6"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T14:06:09","slug":"news-story-certification-officer-amendments-to-the-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49920","title":{"rendered":"News story: Certification Officer: amendments to the lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Psychotherapy and Counselling union was added to the list on 31 October 2018. <\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h3 id=\"october-2018\">31 October 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Psychotherapy and Counselling Union has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 31 October 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"october-2018-1\">2 October 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Poole Greyhound Trainers Union has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 2 October 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2018\">14 August 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Change of Name: The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists to The College of Podiatry<\/p>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists to change its name to The College of Podiatry with effect from 13 August 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2018-1\">9 August 2018<\/h3>\n<p>ASPSU has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to be a trade union on 31 July 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july-2018\">5 July 2018<\/h3>\n<p>National Union of Mineworkers (North East Area) and National Union of Mineworkers (Scotland Area) have been removed from the schedule of trade unions on the grounds that neither of them meet the statutory definition of a trade union.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july--2018\">2 July  2018<\/h3>\n<p>Britannia Staff Union has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to exist on 1 July 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"june-2018\">7 June 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Scottish Colliery Enginemen Boilermen and Tradesmens Association has been removed from the schedule of trade unions as it ceased to be a trade union on 1 March 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"may-2018\">9 May 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Change of Name: Retained Firefighters Union to Fire and Rescue Services Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from Retained Firefighters Union to change its name to Fire and Rescue Services Association with effect from 9 May 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"february--2018\">7 February  2018<\/h3>\n<p>Change of Name: Leeds Building Society Staff Association to Leeds Building Society Colleague Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from Leeds Building Society Staff Association to change its name to Leeds Building Society Colleague Association with effect from 7 February 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"february-2018\">5 February 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Association of Somerset Inseminators has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to exist on 1 September 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"january--2018\">9 January  2018<\/h3>\n<p>National Union of Mineworkers (Northumberland Area)  has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to exist on 30 November 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"november--2017\">3 November  2017<\/h3>\n<p>Confederation of British Surgery has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 3 November 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"september-2017\">21 September 2017<\/h3>\n<p>CU Staff Consultative Group has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 21 September 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"september-2017-1\">4 September 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Welsh Local Government Association was added to the list on 12 June 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"september-2017-2\">1 September 2017<\/h3>\n<p>As a result of an amalgamation between the two unions, Association of Teachers and Lecturers and National Union of Teachers have been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer. The new, amalgamated, union, National Education Union, has been added to the list.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2017\">21 August 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Change of Name: Graphic Enterprise Scotland to Print Scotland<\/p>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from \u201cGraphic Enterprise Scotland\u201d to change its name to \u201cPrint Scotland\u201d with effect from 21 August 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2017-1\">21 August 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Ellington Branch of the North East Area of the National Union of Mineworkers has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to exist on 21 August 2017<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2017-2\">2 August 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Change of Name: National Association of Stable Staff to National Association of Racing Staff<\/p>\n<p>An application to change the name of National Association of Stable Staff to National Association of Racing Staff  was approved on 2 August 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"may-2017\">22 May 2017<\/h3>\n<p>National Union of Mineworkers (Scottish Area) has been removed from the schedule of trade unions as it ceased to be a trade union on 22 May 2017<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"april-2017\">24 April 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Fencing Contractors Association has been removed from the schedule of employers\u2019 associations maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 31 December 2016<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"march-2017\">20 March 2017<\/h3>\n<p>Lancaster Morecambe and South Lakeland Master Plumbers Association was removed from the List of Employers\u2019 Associations with effect from 17 March 2017 as it ceased to be an Employers\u2019 Association<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"september-2016\">15 September 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Pursuant to section 4 of the Trade Union and Labour (Relations) Consolidation Act 1992 (\u201cthe 1992 Act\u201d), the Certification Officer removed the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers from the list of trade unions on the grounds that it is no longer a trade union within the meaning of the 1992 Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/listings-decision-national-association-of-colliery-officials-deputies-and-shotfirers\">Listings Decision: National Association of Colliery Officials Deputies and Shotfirers (CO\/L\/2\/16-17)<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2016\">24 August 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Society of Local Council Clerks has been removed from the schedule of trade unions as it ceased to be a trade union on 17 August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2016-1\">18 August 2016<\/h3>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from \u201cCinema Exhibitors Association Ltd\u201d to change its name to \u201cUK Cinema Association Ltd\u201d with effect from 18 August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2016-2\">18 August 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Shield Guarding Staff Association has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 21 May 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2016-3\">17 August 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Association of Local Council Clerks has been entered on the schedule of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 16 August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"june-2016\">24 June 2016<\/h3>\n<p>National Union of Mineworkers (Leicester Area) removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer following a decision by the Certification Officer that it was no longer a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/listings-decision-national-union-of-mineworkers-leicester-area\">Listings Decision: National Union of Mineworkers (Leicester Area) (CO\/L\/16-17)<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"may-2016\">11 May 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Whatman International Staff Association has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 9 October 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"march-2016\">30 March 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 16 March 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"march-2016-1\">16 March 2016<\/h3>\n<p>The Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 31 December 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"november-2015\">18 November 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Union of Country Sports Workers has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 30 June 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"october-2015\">1 October 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Bus Workers Alliance has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 29 May 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"september-2015\">3 September 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Certification Officer refused the application by Equal Justice to be entered in the list of trade unions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/listings-decision-equal-justice\">Listings decision: Equal Justice<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2015\">11 August 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Federation of Professional Railway Staff has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 30 June 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2015-1\">11 August 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Pop-Up Union has been removed from the list of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer. The Certification Office last had contact with the Pop-Up Union in May 2013, when it was entered on the list of trade unions. Since then all attempts at contacting the organisation have been unsuccessful. It appears that the Pop-Up Union had ceased to exist by the end of 2013. In the circumstances it never came under a duty to supply this office with an annual return.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july-2015\">30 July 2015<\/h3>\n<p>British Ceramic Confederation has been removed from the schedule of employers\u2019 associations held by the Certification Officer with effect from 30 July 2015 because it is no longer an employers\u2019 association.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"june-2015\">25 June 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from \u201cLocal Government Yorkshire and Humber\u201d to change its name to \u201cYorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers\u2019 Association\u201d with effect from 25 June 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"may-2015\">22 May 2015<\/h3>\n<p>National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (South Wales Area) has been removed from the schedule of trade unions maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 22 May 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"may-2015-1\">6 May 2015<\/h3>\n<p>The Certification Officer has approved an application from \u201cWhatman Staff Association\u201d to change its name to \u201cWhatman International Staff Association\u201d with effect from 6 May 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"april-2015\">16 April 2015<\/h3>\n<p>European SOS Trade Union has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 13 April 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"february-2015\">26 February 2015<\/h3>\n<p>Newspaper Society has been removed from the list of employers\u2019 associations maintained by the Certification Officer because it ceased to exist on 16 June 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"february-2015-1\">9 February 2015<\/h3>\n<p>Equality For Workers Union (EFWU) has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 09 February 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"january-2015\">20 January 2015<\/h3>\n<p>R&amp;C Trade Union has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 20 January 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"november-2014\">19 November 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Driver and General Union has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 18 November 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"november-2014-1\">3 November 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Artists\u2019 Union England has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 3 November 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"october-2014\">29 October 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Driver and General Union has been entered on the schedule of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 29 October 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"october-2014-1\">22 October 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Aberdeen Fish Curers &amp; Merchants Association Ltd has been removed from the schedule of employers\u2019 associations maintained by the Certification Officer because it dissolved on 19 September 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"august-2014\">13 August 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Artists\u2019 Union England has been entered in the schedule of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 1 August 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july-2014\">29 July 2014<\/h3>\n<p>PTSC has been entered on the list of trade unions held by the Certification Officer with effect from 29 July 2014.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july-2014-1\">22 July 2014<\/h3>\n<p>London Fish Merchant Association (Billingsgate) Limited has been removed from the schedule of employers\u2019 associations held by the Certification Officer with effect from 22 July 2014 because it is no longer an employers\u2019 association.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"july-2014-2\">4 July 2014<\/h3>\n<p>Covent Garden Tenants Association Ltd has been removed from the schedule of employers\u2019 associations held by the Certification Officer with effect from 2 July 2014 because it is no longer an employers\u2019 association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent amendments to the official list of trade unions and official list of employers&#8217; 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