Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 (paras. 1-173) inserted (6.6.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 1(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2000/1338, art. 2(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. A1 (paras. 1-173) applied (14.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1282, art. 2(5)(a)
C2Sch. A1 modified (temp. from 6.4.2005) by The Employment Relations Act 2004 (Commencement No.3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/872), arts. 4, 21, Sch. (with arts. 6-21)
[F2119B(1)A party may complain to the CAC that another party has failed to comply with paragraph 119A.E+W+S
(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 CAC must decide whether the complaint is well-founded.
(4)A complaint is well-founded if—
(a)the CAC finds that the party complained against used an unfair practice, and
(b)the CAC 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 CAC, or
(b)such longer period (so starting) as the CAC 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 CAC 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.]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. A1 paras. 119A-119I inserted (1.10.2005) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 13(1), 59(2)-(4); S.I. 2005/2419, art. 3 (with arts. 5-7)