This Section removes the power of the Certification Officer to impose a levy by repealing the effect of section 20 of the Trade Union Act 2016.
	Subsection (1) provides that the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is amended by subsections (2) and (3) below.
	Subsection (2) removes section 257A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 which set out the requirements for a levy to be paid to the Certification Officer by trade unions and employers’ associations.
	Subsection (3) removes the requirement for the Certification Officer to report on the levy in their annual report to the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (4) consequentially removes section 20 of the Trade Union Act 2016 which brought in the power for the Certification Officer to impose a levy.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Certification Officer Section 85: Removal of power to impose levy