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<Text>In section 226A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (notice of ballot and sample voting paper for employers)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>in subsection (2)(c)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>in sub-paragraph (i), for the words from “<Term id="term-figures">figures</Term>” (in the first place it occurs) to “arrived at” substitute <InlineAmendment>“number mentioned in subsection (2B)”</InlineAmendment>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>in sub-paragraph (ii), for “figures and that explanation” substitute <InlineAmendment>“that number”</InlineAmendment>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>for subsection (2B) substitute—</Text>
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<Pnumber>2B</Pnumber>
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<Text>The number is the total number of employees concerned.</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>in subsection (2C)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>in paragraph (b), omit the words from “and the number” to “categories”;</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>in paragraph (c), omit the words from “and the number” to “workplaces”;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>in subsection (2D), for “figures” substitute <InlineAmendment>“the number”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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