complaints to certification officer re : no ballot paper

[stephen500]

You are entilted to complain to the certification officer (An official legal body overseeing trade unions)
[Be aware that the union has a very good legal department, i failed to have my complaint upheld because i could not prove that the union was negligent on a nationwide basis with its membership records and therefore its issuing of ballot papers for the way forward. However there was no royal mail chat then! If enough of you complain to the certification officer regarding not receiving a ballot paper because you assert that your membership record [or address] is not accurate then action could be taken. So its up to you]
scroll down to link to cerification officer to make complaint.

MAKING A COMPLAINT
TO THE CERTIFICATION OFFFICER
AGAINST A TRADE UNION
UNDER
THE TRADE UNION AND LABOUR RELATIONS (CONSOLIDATION)
ACT 19992

1. The Certification Officer is an independent statutory officer appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whose functions include the power to determine complaints that trade unions have breached specific provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 19921 (Athe 1992 Act@) or, in relation to certain matters, their own rules.
2. The purpose of these notes is to set out for the benefit of any potential claimant, the way in which an application may be made to the Certification Officer and how it will be treated.
What type of complaint can be made to the Certification Officer?
3. A complaint can be made to the Certification Officer that a trade union has
(a) failed to compile and maintain an accurate register of members or has failed to secure the confidentiality of the register during certain ballots (section 24 and 24A of the 1992 Act);
(b) failed to ensure that its senior officers and/or members of its executive have not been previously convicted of an offence under section 45 within 5 or 10 years (depending on the nature of the offence) (section 45B of the 1992 Act);
(c) failed to ensure that the election of its senior officers and/or members of its executive satisfies the requirements of the Act (sections 46-54 of the 1992 Act);
(d) breached rules approved by the Certification Officer governing the holding of a political fund ballot or the administration of its political fund (sections 74 and 82 of the 1992 Act);
1 As amended by Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993; Employment Relations Act 1999 and the Employment Relations Act 2004.

http://www.certoffice.org/complaints/in ... complaints

[andy2007]

Surely it's too late for that now, isn't it?
Anyone who didn't recieve thier Ballot Paper, should have made a complaint before the closing date, so that they could delay the closing date. Otherwise it will be too late to effect the result.

[stephen500]

Surely it's too late for that now, isn't it?
Anyone who didn't recieve thier Ballot Paper, should have made a complaint before the closing date, so that they could delay the closing date. Otherwise it will be too late to effect the result.

One of the points of having a certification officer is a ensure a robust membership data base.

This ensures that those who are entitled to vote in ballots receive ballot papers.

If the certfication officer receives complaints then he is duty bound to investigate them and if he finds shortcomings to require the union to correct errors found regarding its membership records.