(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order specifies, for the purpose of certain provisions of Schedule 1A to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, the method by which collective bargaining might be carried out. The specified method is required to be taken into account by the Industrial Court (“the Court”) when, following an application for trade union recognition under Schedule 1A, it is required to specify a method by which the union and employer concerned are to conduct collective bargaining.
The Court can be required to specify a collective bargaining method in two circumstances. The first is where, following a declaration by the Court that a union is recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining, the union and employer do not agree on a method, and either applies for the assistance of the Court. The second is where the union and employer, having made a voluntary agreement for recognition during the initial stages of the procedure, do not agree on a method themselves, or fail to follow an agreed method, and either applies for the assistance of the Court.
The Order comes into operation on 8th March 2001.