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Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

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2021-04-06
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2020-04-06
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2019-04-06
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2018-04-13
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2018-04-06
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2018-02-06
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2017-04-06
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2016-11-28
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2016-04-06
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2015-04-06
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2014-12-16
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2014-08-01
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2014-04-06
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2014-03-13
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2014-01-31
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2014-01-30
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2013-04-25
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2013-04-06
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2013-03-22
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2013-02-01
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2012-10-01
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2012-02-01
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2011-10-01
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2011-03-28
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2011-02-01
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2010-10-01
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2010-06-05
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2010-04-07
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2010-04-06
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2010-04-01
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2010-03-02
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2010-02-01
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2010-01-01
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2009-10-01
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2009-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2009-02-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2008-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2008-02-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2007-10-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2007-04-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2007-03-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2007-02-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-10-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-08-18
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-05-12
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-04-06
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-02-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2006-01-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2005-12-05
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

Changes on 2005-12-05

@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
- (iii) to a member who has met with an accident or has lost his tools by fire or theft;
- (b) a payment in discharge or aid of funeral expenses on the death of a member or the wife of a member or as provision for the children of a deceased member.
- (b) a payment in discharge or aid of funeral expenses on the death of a member or the spouse or civil partner of a member or as provision for the children of a deceased member.
### Chapter III — Trade union administration
@@ -5707,7 +5707,7 @@
- (1) A person commits an offence who, with a view to compelling another person to abstain from doing or to do any act which that person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority—
- (a) uses violence to or intimidates that person or his wife or children, or injures his property,
- (a) uses violence to or intimidates that person or his spouse or civil partner or children, or injures his property,
- (b) persistently follows that person about from place to place,
@@ -6577,7 +6577,7 @@
- (a) a person authorised by the employee or worker to act in connection with the proceedings before his death, or
- (b) the widower, widow, child, father, mother, brother or sister of the employee or worker.
- (b) the widower, widow, surviving civil partner, child, father, mother, brother or sister of the employee or worker.
In such a case any award made by the employment tribunal shall be in such terms and shall be enforceable in such manner as may be prescribed.
@@ -7180,9 +7180,9 @@
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.
#### Restriction on enforcement of awards against certain property.
#### Meaning of “trade union".
#### Limit on damages awarded against trade unions in actions in tort.
##### 24A
@@ -7276,7 +7276,7 @@
### Investigation of financial affairs
#### Investigations by inspectors.
#### Power of Certification Officer to require production of documents etc.
##### 37A
@@ -7568,7 +7568,7 @@
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.
#### Election addresses.
#### Candidates.
##### 68A
@@ -7748,9 +7748,9 @@
- (c) shall comply with all reasonable requests made by a person appointed under this section for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of his functions.
#### Complaint of infringement of rights.
#### Remedy for failure to comply with ballot rules: general.
#### Right not to suffer deduction of unauthorised subscriptions
#### Scrutineer’s report.
##### 100A
@@ -8188,7 +8188,7 @@
- (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.
#### Federated employers’ associations.
#### Change of name of employers’ association.
##### 145B
@@ -8814,7 +8814,7 @@
- (9) The provisions of section 20(2) to (4) apply for the purpose of determining for the purposes of subsection (1) who are relevant persons or committees and whether the trade union is to be taken to have authorised or endorsed the steps the person or committee took and for the purposes of subsections (7) to (7B) whether the trade union is to be taken to have authorised or endorsed the industrial action.
#### Time limit for proceedings
#### Inducements relating to collective bargaining
### Industrial action affecting supply of goods or services to an individual
@@ -9074,7 +9074,7 @@
- (8) The reference in subsection (1) to the Committee’s functions under Schedule A1 does not include a reference to its functions under paragraph 166 of that Schedule.
#### Remedies.
#### Time limit for proceedings.
## SCHEDULE A1
@@ -13408,6 +13408,8 @@
[^c14513341]: [1987 c. 43](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/43).
[^c20409921]: Words in [s. 23(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/23/3/b) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004, (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 {para. 144}; [S.I. 2005/3175](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175/article/2/2)
[^c14513361]: S. 24(4) repealed (30.8.1993) by [1993 c. 19](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/19), [s. 51](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/19/section/51), [Sch. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/19/schedule/10); [S.I. 1993/1908](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1908), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1908/article/2/1), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1908/schedule/1)
[^c14513371]: Words in s. 24(6) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 C. 26, ss. 29, 44, Sch. 6 paras. 1, 2, Sch. 9(7); [S.I. 1999/2830](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830), [arts. 2(1)(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/article/2/1/3), [Sch. 2 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/schedule/2/part/I) (with [Sch. 3 para. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/schedule/3/paragraph/5))
@@ -14506,6 +14508,8 @@
[^c20397561]: [S. 238B](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/238B) inserted (6.4.2005) by [Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24), [ss. 28(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24/section/28/2), [59(2)-(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24/section/59/2); [S.I. 2005/872](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/872), [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/872/article/4), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/872/schedule) (with [arts. 6-21](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/872/article/6))
[^c20412001]: Words in [s. 241(1)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/241/1/a) substituted (5.12.2005) by [Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33), [ss. 261(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/261/1), [263(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/263/10/b) {Sch. 27 para. 145}; [S.I. 2005/3175](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175/article/2/2)
[^c14521691]: [1977 c. 45](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45).
[^c14521721]: [S. 246](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/246) applied (14.8.2000) by [S.I. 2000/1828](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1828), [art. 2(5)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1828/article/2/5/c)
@@ -14720,6 +14724,8 @@
[^c14523791]: Words in [s. 292(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/292/3) substituted (1.8.1998) by [1998 c. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/8), [s. 1(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/8/section/1/2/a) (with [s. 16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/8/section/16/2)); [S.I. 1998/1658](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1658), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1658/article/2/1), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1658/schedule/1)
[^c20409941]: Words in [s. 292(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/292/3/b) inserted (5.12.2005) by [Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33), [ss. 261(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/261/1), [263(10)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/263/10/b), [Sch. 27](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/27) {para. 146}; [S.I. 2005/3175](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3175/article/2/2)
[^c20398201]: Words in [s. 292(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/292/4) inserted (1.10.2004) by [Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24), [ss. 57(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24/section/57/1), [59(2)-(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24/section/59/2), [Sch. 1 para. 20(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/24/schedule/1/paragraph/20/5); [S.I. 2004/2566](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2566), [art. 3(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2566/article/3/b) (with [arts. 4-8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2566/article/4))
[^c14523811]: [1975 c. 71](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/71).
@@ -15116,12 +15122,12 @@
[^M_F_cfee3b91-5482-46f6-dd45-b3de169f72f7]: Word in s. 32A(6)(a) substituted (25.10.1999) by [1999 c. 26](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/26), [ss. 28(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/26/section/28/3), [45](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/26/section/45);[S.I. 1999/2830](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/article/2/1), [Sch. 1 Pt. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/schedule/1/part/1) (with [Sch. 3 para. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/schedule/3/paragraph/4))
#### Declarations and orders.
#### Right to apply to Certification Officer.
#### Notice to employers of industrial action.
#### Industrial action affecting supply of goods or services to an individual.
#### Listing and certification after amalgamation
#### The Council of ACAS.
#### Construction of references to contract of employment.
#### Registration of instrument of amalgamation or transfer.
#### ACAS.
2005-10-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
2005-04-06
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2005-02-01
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2004-12-31
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2004-10-01
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2004-07-22
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2004-04-01
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2003-09-01
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2003-04-27
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2003-01-01
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2002-10-01
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2002-07-08
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
1998-04-01
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
1992-07-16
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