SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Certification Officer: exercise of powers without application etc
Compliance with political ballot rules
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1
Section 79 of the 1992 Act (remedy for failure to comply with ballot rules: general) is amended as follows.
2
For subsection (1) substitute—
1
A person alleging that a trade union—
a
has held a ballot on a political resolution otherwise than in accordance with political ballot rules approved by the Certification Officer, or
b
has failed in relation to a proposed ballot on a political resolution to comply with political ballot rules so approved,
may apply for a declaration under section 80 (by the Certification Officer) or section 81 (by the court); but the Certification Officer may also exercise the powers under section 80 where no application is made.
3
In subsection (2), for “those sections” substitute “
section 80 or 81
”
.