This Section repeals subsections (1) and (2) of section 17 of the Trade Union Act 2016 which gave the Certification Officer specific investigatory powers.
	Subsection (1) provides that the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 will be amended by sections (2) to (6) below.
	Subsection (2) removes subsection (6A) of section 25 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, which was inserted by the 2016 Act to enable more time in determining an application where the delay is caused by the exercise of powers to require the production of documents etc and to appoint inspectors.
	Subsections (3) and (4) remove references to paragraph 5 of Schedule A3, which relates to the enforcement of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule A3 by the Certification Officer.
	Subsection (5) removes section 256C of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 so that Schedule A3 no longer has effect.
	Subsection (6) removes Schedule A3 from the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 which sets out the details of the Certification Officer’s investigatory powers including requiring the production of documents, investigation by inspectors and enforcement by the Certification Officer .
	Subsection (7) removes section 43, subsection (4) from the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. This removes the requirement for the Certification Officer to specify in its declaration:
the steps taken by a trade union to remedy the failure on the duties etc. relating to the register of members, or to prevent the failure happening again;
or that the union has agreed to take such steps.
	Subsection (7) also consequentially removes from the Trade Union Act 2016:
Subsections (1) and (2) from section 17, which inserted Schedule A3 into the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 .
Schedule 1 from the Trade Union Act 2016 which sets out the investigatory powers for the Certification Officer.
Paragraphs 2 and 3(b) of Schedule 4.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Certification Officer Section 82: Removal of investigatory powers