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MoLELabour and social securityForm III register

Standing orders certification

The central process to adopt model standing orders or submit draft standing orders for certification.

How this is timed

Appeal from certification order

Counted from the certifying officer issues the order

Regulator
MoLE
Category
Labour and social security
Form
Form III register
Last verified
2026-09-01

An establishment within the central standing-orders rules must adopt the Model Standing Orders with notice to the certifying officer or submit draft standing orders for certification. An appeal is due within 60 days of the certifying officer's order. The duty is event-based rather than a recurring annual filing.

What changed

The 1946 Central Rules were superseded for the matters covered by the 2026 Rules.

Deadlines counted from an event

These have no calendar date. The clock starts when the event happens.

Appeal from certification orderfrom the certifying officer issues the order

File an appeal within 60 days of the certifying officer's order under section 30(5).

The rule

Stated as the law states it, so you can work out any period yourself.

Appeal from certification order

File an appeal within 60 days of the certifying officer's order under section 30(5).

Who must comply

  • An establishment to which the central standing-orders provisions apply

Statutory basis

Read the provision here where we hold it, or on the regulator's site.

How to file

  1. 1Choose whether to adopt the Model Standing Orders or submit a draft.
  2. 2Inform the certifying officer if you adopt the model.
  3. 3File an appeal within 60 days if you challenge the order.

Last verified 2026-09-01. Confirm against the official source before you rely on it.