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ByCertification Officeramber_ridge_6242b6

Complaint form and guidance on who can complain to the Certification Officer, what you can complain about and how to complain.

Adapted edition

Equality compliance
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
10
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Governance & assurance
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

Complaint form and guidance on who can complain to the Certification Officer, what you can complain about and how to complain. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Make an application or complaint to the Certification Officer
  • What you can apply to the CO about
  • A breach or threatened breach of trade union rules
  • Breach of legal requirements
  • What the CO cannot usually consider
  • Who can apply
  • Trying to resolve the matter with the union before applying
  • Raising concerns about financial irregularities
  • Anonymity
  • If the CO cannot handle your application
  • Time limits
  • Time limits for applications about breaches, or threatened breaches, of trade union rules
  • If you do not complain to the union
  • If you do complain to the union
  • Time limits for other applications or complaints
  • Applications about a breach of Chapter IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Elections for certain positions
Source and licence
Complain about a trade union or employers' association, or apply to the Certification Officer for a declaration

Certification Officer

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionCertification Officer, ‘Complain about a trade union or employers' association, or apply to the Certification Officer for a declaration’ (updated 28 February 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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