The Employment Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2420

TRADE UNIONS

The Employment Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) Order 2005

Made

30th August 2005

Laid before Parliament

1st September 2005

Coming into force

1st October 2005

Whereas—

(1) under section 203(2) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”)(1) the Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a Code of Practice issued by him and issue that revised Code;

(2) in pursuance of section 203(2) of the 1992 Act the Secretary of State proposes to revise the whole of the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers which came into effect on 18th September 2000(2);

(3) in pursuance of section 204(1) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, prepared and published in draft a revised Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers;

(4) in pursuance of section 204(1) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State considered representations made to him about the draft Code and modified the draft accordingly;

(5) in pursuance of section 204(2) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State laid the draft Code before both Houses of Parliament, the draft Code was approved by resolution of each House of Parliament and the Secretary of State is issuing the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers in the form of that draft;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 204(3) of the 1992 Act, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1992 c. 52.

(2)

The Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers was brought into force by S.I. 2000/2241.