[F127B.—(1) A party may complain to the Court that another party has failed to comply with paragraph 27A.N.I.
(2) A complaint under sub-paragraph (1) must be made on or before the first working day after—
(a)the date of the ballot, or
(b)if votes may be cast in the ballot on more than one day, the last of those days.
(3) Within the decision period the Court must decide whether the complaint is well-founded.
(4) A complaint is well-founded if—
(a)the Court finds that the party complained against used an unfair practice, and
(b)the Court is satisfied that the use of that practice changed or was likely to change, in the case of a worker entitled to vote in the ballot—
(i)his intention to vote or to abstain from voting,
(ii)his intention to vote in a particular way, or
(iii)how he voted.
(5) The decision period is—
(a)the period of 10 working days starting with the day after that on which the complaint under sub-paragraph (1) was received by the Court, or
(b)such longer period (so starting) as the Court may specify to the parties by a notice containing reasons for the extension.
(6) If, at the beginning of the decision period, the ballot has not begun, the Court may by notice to the parties and the qualified independent person postpone the date on which it is to begin until a date which falls after the end of the decision period.]
F1Sch. 1A paras. 27A-27F inserted (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1 para. 10; S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 5)