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17In section 21(6) of the 1992 Act (repudiation by trade union of certain acts) for the words six months there shall be substituted the words “ three months ”.E+W+S
18In section 34(5) of the 1992 Act (eligibility for appointment as auditor), the second sentence shall be omitted.E+W+S
19In section 35(5) of the 1992 Act (appointment and removal of auditors)—E+W+S
(a)for the words subsections (1) to (6) there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (1) to (4) ”, and
(b)for the words subsection (7) there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (5) ”.
F120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
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F1Sch. 7 para. 20 repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 44, Sch. 9(6); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I
21In section 158 of the 1992 Act (special award in cases of dismissal on grounds related to union membership or activities) after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—E+W+S
“(7)Schedule 14 to the M1Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (calculation of a week’s pay) shall apply for the purposes of this section with the substitution, for paragraph 7, of the following:—
For the purposes of this Part in its application to section 158 of the M2Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the calculation date is—
(a)where the dismissal was with notice, the date on which the employer’s notice was given;
(b)where paragraph (a) does not apply, the effective date of termination.”.
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22In section 166(1) of the 1992 Act (consequences of failure to comply with order of reinstatement or re-engagement), for (5)(a) there shall be substituted “ (5) ”.E+W+S
23In section 187(2) of the 1992 Act (meaning of refusal to deal where refusal on grounds of union exclusion), paragraph (c) shall become subparagraph,E+W+S
“(iii)” of paragraph (b) and there shall be inserted as paragraph (c) the following, preceded by “ or ”, namely—
“(c)he terminates a contract with that person for the supply of goods or services.”.
24In section 228 of the 1992 Act (separate workplace ballots before action by trade union) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—E+W+S
“(4)In this section “place of work”, in relation to any person who is employed, means the premises occupied by his employer at or from which that person works or, where he does not work at or from any such premises or works at or from more than one set of premises, the premises occupied by his employer with which his employment has the closest connection.”.
25In section 229(3) of the 1992 Act (voting paper for industrial action ballot) for the word 20(3) there shall be substituted the word “ 20(2) ”.E+W+S
26In section 246 of the 1992 Act (minor definitions relating to industrial action provisions) the definition of “place of work” shall be omitted.E+W+S
27In section 278(4)(c) of the 1992 Act (House of Commons staff), after the word in there shall be inserted the word “ section ”.E+W+S
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