Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Codes of Practice(Revocation) Order 1991 and comes into force on 1st June 1991.

Revocation of Codes of Practice

2. The following Codes of Practice are revoked -

(a)the Code of Practice having effect under paragraph 4 of Schedule 17to the Employment Protection Act 1975(2) (known as the Industrial Relations Code of Practice);

(b)the Code of Practice issued in 1983 under section 3 of theEmployment Act 1980(3) entitled"Closed Shop Agreements and Arrangements".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st June 1991, revokes theIndustrial Relations Code of Practice originally issued by the Secretaryof State in 1972 under section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1971(c.72). On the repeal of that Act by the Trade Unionand Labour RelationsAct 1974 (c. 52), the Code was maintained in force by Part I of Schedule1 to the 1974 Act; since the repeal of that Part by the EmploymentProtection Act 1975, the Code has been maintained in force by paragraph4 of Schedule 17 to the 1975 Act.

The Order also revokes the Code of Practice issued by the Secretary of State under section 3 of the Employment Act 1980 with the title"Closed Shop Agreements and Arrangements". The Code was issued in 1983 and superseded an earlier Code ofPractice issued under the same section and having the same title.