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SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE A1E+W+S Collective Bargaining: Recognition

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. A1 (paras. 1-173) inserted (6.6.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 1(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2000/1338, art. 2(d)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. A1 (paras. 1-173) applied (14.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1282, art. 2(5)(a)

Part IIE+W+S Voluntary Recognition

Application to CAC to specify methodE+W+S

60(1)This paragraph applies if an application for assistance is made to the CAC under paragraph 58 or 59.U.K.

(2)The application is not admissible unless the conditions in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) are satisfied.

(3)The condition is that the employer, taken with any associated employer or employers, must—

(a)employ at least 21 workers on the day the application is made, or

(b)employ an average of at least 21 workers in the 13 weeks ending with that day.

(4)The condition is that the union (or every union) has a certificate [F2of independence].

(5)To find the average under sub-paragraph (3)(b)—

(a)take the number of workers employed in each of the 13 weeks (including workers not employed for the whole of the week);

(b)aggregate the 13 numbers;

(c)divide the aggregate by 13.

(6)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) any worker employed by an associated company incorporated outside Great Britain must be ignored unless the day the application was made fell within a period during which he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

(7)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(b) any worker employed by an associated company incorporated outside Great Britain must be ignored in relation to a week unless the whole or any part of that week fell within a period during which he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

(8)For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) a worker who is employed on board a ship registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall be treated as ordinarily working in Great Britain unless—

(a)the ship’s entry in the register specifies a port outside Great Britain as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging,

(b)the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(c)the worker is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.

(9)An order made under paragraph 7(6) may also—

(a)provide that sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) to (8) of this paragraph are not to apply, or are not to apply in specified circumstances, or

(b)vary the number of workers for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (3).

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 60(4) substituted (6.4.2005) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 50(6), 59(2)-(4); S.I. 2005/872, art. 4, Sch. (with arts. 6-21)

60(1)This paragraph applies if an application for assistance is made to the CAC under paragraph 58 or 59.E+W+S

(2)The application is not admissible unless the conditions in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) are satisfied.

(3)The condition is that the employer, taken with any associated employer or employers, must—

(a)employ at least 21 workers on the day the application is made, or

(b)employ an average of at least 21 workers in the 13 weeks ending with that day.

(4)The condition is that the union (or every union) has a certificate under section 6 that it is independent.

(5)To find the average under sub-paragraph (3)(b)—

(a)take the number of workers employed in each of the 13 weeks (including workers not employed for the whole of the week);

(b)aggregate the 13 numbers;

(c)divide the aggregate by 13.

(6)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) any worker employed by an associated company incorporated outside Great Britain must be ignored unless the day the application was made fell within a period during which he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

(7)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(b) any worker employed by an associated company incorporated outside Great Britain must be ignored in relation to a week unless the whole or any part of that week fell within a period during which he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

(8)For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) a worker who is employed on board a ship registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall be treated as ordinarily working in Great Britain unless—

(a)the ship’s entry in the register specifies a port outside Great Britain as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging,

(b)the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(c)the worker is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.

(9)An order made under paragraph 7(6) may also—

(a)provide that sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) to (8) of this paragraph are not to apply, or are not to apply in specified circumstances, or

(b)vary the number of workers for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (3).