1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Trade Union Recognition (Method of Collective Bargaining) Order 2000 and comes into force on 6th June 2000.

2 Specification of method
The method specified for the purposes of paragraphs 31(3) and 63(2) of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is the method set out under the heading “the specified method” in the Schedule to this Order.
Alan Johnson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry 11th May 2000