http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/187Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to collective labour relations, that is to say, to trade unions, employers’ associations, industrial relations and industrial action.1992-07-16texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-03Expert Participation2026-02-18 Part IV Industrial RelationsChapter I Collective bargaining Prohibition of union recognition requirements Refusal to deal on grounds of union exclusion prohibited.1871A person shall not refuse to deal with a supplier or prospective supplier of goods or services if the ground or one of the grounds for his action is that the person against whom it is taken does not, or is not likely to—arecognise one or more trade unions for the purpose of negotiating on behalf of workers, or any class of worker, employed by him, orbnegotiate or consult with, or with an official of, one or more trade unions.2A person refuses to deal with a person if—awhere he maintains (in whatever form) a list of approved suppliers of goods or services, or of persons from whom tenders for the supply of goods or services may be invited, he fails to include the name of that person in that list; orbin relation to a proposed contract for the supply of goods or services—ihe excludes that person from the group of persons from whom tenders for the supply of the goods or services are invited, oriihe fails to permit that person to submit such a tender; oriiihe otherwise determines not to enter into acontract with that person for the supply of the goods or services. orche terminates a contract with that person for the supply of goods or services.3The obligation to comply with this section is a duty owed to the person with whom there is a refusal to deal and to any other person who may be adversely affected by its contravention; and a breach of the duty is actionable accordingly (subject to the defences and other incidents applying to actions for breach of statutory duty).S. 187(2): by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para.23 it is provided (30.8.1993) that para. (c) shall become sub para. (iii) of para. (b); S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1S. 187(2)(c) and word preceeding it inserted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para.23; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1