2002 No. 2268
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

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

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 19921, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(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 20002.

Amendments to the Principal Order2.

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
(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.