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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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· 1992-07-16
2026-04-07
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2026-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2025-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2022-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2021-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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### Meaning of “trade union"
#### Federated employers’ associations.
#### Change of name of employers’ association.
##### 1
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##### 156
- (1) Where a dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153, the amount of the basic award of compensation, before any reduction is made under section 122 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, shall be not less than £6,562.
- (1) Where a dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 152(1) or 153, the amount of the basic award of compensation, before any reduction is made under section 122 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, shall be not less than £6,634.
- (2) But where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 153, subsection (2) of that section (reduction for contributory fault) applies in relation to so much of the basic award as is payable because of subsection (1) above.
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- (6A) If on the date on which the application was made the applicant had not been admitted or re-admitted to the union, the award shall not be less than £10,022.
- (6A) If on the date on which the application was made the applicant had not been admitted or re-admitted to the union, the award shall not be less than £10,132.
- (6B) Subsection (6A) does not apply in a case where the tribunal which made the declaration under subsection (1) also made declarations under subsections (1A) and (1B).
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The power of the Secretary of State by further order to vary or revoke the Funds for Trade Union Ballots Order 1982 extends to so much of section 115(2)(a) as reproduces the effect of Article 2 of that order.
#### The list of trade unions.
#### Meaning of “trade union".
#### Limit on damages awarded against trade unions in actions in tort.
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### Investigation of financial affairs
#### Limit on damages awarded against trade unions in actions in tort.
#### Restriction on enforcement of awards against certain property.
##### 37A
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An appeal lies to the Employment Appeal Tribunal on any question of law arising in proceedings before or arising from any decision of the Certification Officer under section 55.
#### Duty to provide membership audit certificate
#### Duty to appoint an assurer
##### 68A
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#### Investigations by inspectors.
#### Enforcement of sections 24 to 24ZC by Certification Officer
#### Enforcement of sections 24ZH and 24ZI by Certification Officer
##### 100A
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- (b) otherwise, the date, or the last date, on which voting papers are distributed for the purposes of the ballot.
#### Power of Certification Officer to require production of documents etc.
#### Investigations by inspectors.
##### 100B
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For the purposes of paragraph (b) an inaccuracy in counting shall be disregarded if it is accidental and on a scale which could not affect the result of the ballot.
#### Offences.
#### Penalties and prosecution time limits.
##### 100D
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### CHAPTER VIIA — BREACH OF RULES
#### Complaint of infringement of rights.
#### Right not to suffer deduction of unauthorised subscriptions
##### 108A
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- (5) A worker or former worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal on the ground that his employer has made him an offer in contravention of this section.
#### Effect of amalgamation.
#### Manner of making union rules.
##### 145B
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- (b) shall make an award to be paid by the employer to the complainant in respect of the offer complained of.
- (3) The amount of the award shall be £4,294 (subject to any adjustment of the award that may fall to be made under Part 3 of the Employment Act 2002).
- (3) The amount of the award shall be £4,341 (subject to any adjustment of the award that may fall to be made under Part 3 of the Employment Act 2002).
- (4) Where an offer made in contravention of section 145A or 145B is accepted—
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[^key-2b7c0ea2f9e2886d3318c4df7d996ff0]: Words in [s. 251B(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/251B/3) substituted (25.5.2018) by [Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12), [s. 212(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/212/1), [Sch. 19 para. 40(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/19/paragraph/40/2) (with [ss. 117](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/117), [209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/209), [210](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/210)); [S.I. 2018/625](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/625), [reg. 2(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/625/regulation/2/1/g)
[^key-b341882d8e3d41aeb26a23490a856ca3]: Sum in s. 145E(3) substituted (6.4.2020) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/205)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/1/1), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/4))
[^key-20c44741e52da85e1c0cbebd192dfb73]: Sum in s. 156(1) substituted (6.4.2020) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/205)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/1/1), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/4))
[^key-a2a130bd2aff2ee39ad72982bdf0ed4a]: Sum in s. 176(6A) substituted (6.4.2020) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/205)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/1/1), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/205/article/4))
#### Remedy for failure to comply with ballot rules: general.
[^key-573dc23ee7518fe2bbf5a78b5cbcc1b7]: Sum in S. 145E(3) substituted (6.4.2021) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/208)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/1/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/4))
[^key-393b40b40ab958d47afa9586355e7686]: Sum in S. 156(1) substituted (6.4.2021) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/208)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/1/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/4))
[^key-97ff80454f6510c06b02885dd575f27d]: Sum in [S. 176(6A)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/176/6A) substituted (6.4.2021) by [The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/208)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208), [art. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/1/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/schedule) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/208/article/4))
#### Scrutineer’s report.
#### Listing and certification after amalgamation
#### Election addresses.
#### Scrutineer’s report.
#### Registration of instrument of amalgamation or transfer.
#### Candidates.
#### Change of name of employers’ association.
#### Declarations and orders.
#### Northern Ireland unions.
#### Right to apply to Certification Officer.
#### Expressions relating to trade unions.
#### Time limit for proceedings.
#### Time limit for proceedings
#### Inducements relating to collective bargaining
##### 251B
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#### Exclusion of power of arbiter to state case to Court of Session.
#### Remedies.
#### Appointment of scrutineer.
#### Scrutineer’s report.
#### Time limit for proceedings.
#### Notice of ballot and sample voting paper for employers.
#### Employers to be informed of ballot result.
##### 198A
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#### Notice to employers of industrial action.
#### Exclusion of common law rules as to restraint of trade.
#### Advice.
#### Meaning of “trade dispute" in Part IV.
#### Industrial action affecting supply of goods or services to an individual.
#### Property to be vested in trustees.
#### Dismissal procedures agreements.
#### Exclusion of power of arbiter to state case to Court of Session.
#### Construction of references to contract of employment.
#### Dismissals in connection with other industrial action.
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- (6) An order made by the Certification Officer under this section may be enforced in the same way as an order of the court.
#### Vexatious litigants.
#### Health service practitioners.
#### Striking out
#### House of Commons staff.
##### 32ZA
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- (b) other references in this section to “the union” are to that union.
#### Conciliation and mediation: supplementary provisions
#### The Council of ACAS.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Meaning of “voting”
#### Participation in official industrial action.
#### ACAS.
#### Employment governed by foreign law.
#### Associated employers.
##### 297A
For the purposes of this Act, the number of persons voting in a ballot includes those who return ballot papers that are spoiled or otherwise invalid.
#### Extent.
#### Repeals, consequential amendments, transitional provisions and savings.
##### 193A
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