Trade Union Act 2016 (c. 15)

Information requirements relating to industrial action U.K.

7 Information to Certification Officer about industrial action etc U.K.

(1) After section 32 of the 1992 Act (annual return) insert—

“32ZA Details of industrial action etc to be included in annual return

(1) If industrial action was taken during any return period in response to any inducement on the part of a trade union, the union's return under section 32 for that period shall set out—

(a) the nature of the trade dispute to which the industrial action related;

(b) the nature of the industrial action;

(c) when the industrial action was taken.

(2) If a trade union held a ballot during any return period in respect of industrial action, the union's return under section 32 for that period shall contain the information mentioned in section 231 (information as to result of ballot).

(3) In this section “return period” means a period for which a trade union is required to send a return to the Certification Officer under section 32.”

(2) Subsection (1) applies only to returns for periods that begin after the day on which this section comes into force.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 7 in force at 1.3.2017 by S.I. 2017/139, reg. 2(e)