The Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000 (Amendment) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2268

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The Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000 (Amendment) Order 2002

Made

3rd September 2002

Laid before Parliament

5th September 2002

Coming into force

1st October 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by paragraphs 25(7)(a) and 117(9)(a) of Schedule Al to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000 (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.

(2) In this Order, “the Principal Order” means the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000(2).

Amendments to the Principal Order

2.  For Article 4 of the Principal Order substitute—

“4.   The following persons are specified for the purpose of the relevant provisions—

• The Association of Electoral Administrators;

• Election.com Limited;

• Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Limited;

• Involvement and Participation Association;

• Popularis Limited; and

• Twenty-First Century Press Limited.”

Patricia Hewitt,

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

3rd September 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, where the Central Arbitration Committee arranges a ballot on the recognition or derecognition of a trade union for collective bargaining, it must appoint a “qualified independent person” to conduct the ballot.

The Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000 specifies conditions which must be satisfied in order for an individual or partnership to qualify for appointment as a scrutineer. It also specifies certain bodies by name as being qualified.

This Order amends the 2000 Order by replacing the list of bodies specified by name as being qualified for appointment.

(1)

1992 c. 52. Schedule A1 was inserted by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), section 1.

(2)

S.I. 2000/1306.