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Construction union Ucatt has been hit by the prospect of another watchdog investigation, after a member alleged he had been unfairly denied access to its expenses records.

The Certification Officer (CO) for trade unions confirmed it is making enquiries after receiving an application to make a complaint about the union from construction worker Noel Kelly.

Kelly claims the union has denied him access to its leadership鈥檚 expenses records.

By law, members are entitled to view the accounting records of unions. A spokesperson for the CO said it judges on a case-by-case basis whether or not expenses records come under the scope of this entitlement.

The spokesperson said a provisional date for a hearing of the case has been suggested for 25 August, but this was not finalised.

George Guy, acting general secretary of UCATT, said: 鈥淲e have availed Mr Kelly of the opportunity to come in and view the union鈥檚 accounts.鈥�

The news comes just months after the CO ruled the union鈥檚 2009 leadership election void, forcing its general secretary Alan Ritchie to stand down.

The CO ruling was made after it found ballot papers had been sent to less than half of Ucatt鈥檚 claimed membership of 130,000 workers.

In a further revelation it emerged that the union had claimed in its arguments to the CO that the 70,000 members who were not sent ballots were not in fact members - calling into question the union鈥檚 membership figures.

In June the union鈥檚 appeal against the CO鈥檚 decision was thrown out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal, on the grounds that it had 鈥渘o reasonable prospect of success鈥�.