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)
C2Sch. A1 modified (temp. from 6.4.2005) by The Employment Relations Act 2004 (Commencement No.3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/872), arts. 4, 21, Sch. (with arts. 6-21)
134(1)This Part of this Schedule applies if—E+W+S
(a)an employer and a union (or unions) have agreed that the union is (or unions are) recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a group or groups of workers, and
(b)the union does not have (or none of the unions has) a certificate under section 6 that it is independent.
(2)In such a case references in this Part of this Schedule to the bargaining arrangements are to—
(a)the parties’ agreement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), and
(b)any agreement between the parties as to the method by which they will conduct collective bargaining.
135E+W+SIn this Part of this Schedule—
(a)references to the parties are to the employer and the union (or unions);
(b)references to the bargaining unit are to the group of workers referred to in paragraph 134(1)(a) (or the groups taken together).
136E+W+SThe meaning of collective bargaining given by section 178(1) shall not apply in relation to this Part of this Schedule.