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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made
12th April 1991
Whereas-
(1) in pursuance of section 3 of the Employment Act 1980(1)the Secretary of State in 1990 issued a Code of Practiceon trade union ballots on industrial action;
(2) in pursuance of section 12(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Employment Act1990(2) (hereinafter referred to as"the 1990 Act") the Secretary of State proposed to revise that Code of Practicefor the purpose of bringing it into conformity with subsequent statutoryprovisions, and accordingly laid the draft of the revised Code ofPractice before each House of Parliament;
(3) in pursuance of section 12(5) and (6) of the 1990 Act, neither Houseof Parliament having resolved within the period of 40 days beginningwith the day on which the draft revised Code of Practice was so laidthat no further proceedings should be taken on it, the Secretary ofState is issuing the revised Code of Practice in the form of the draft;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powerconferred on him by section 12(6) of the 1990 Act, hereby makes thefollowing Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Code of Practice (TradeUnion Ballots on Industrial Action) Order 1991.
2. The said revised Code of Practice on trade union ballots onindustrial action shall come into effect on 20th May 1991.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Eric Forth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment
12th April 1991
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 20th May 1991 as the day upon which the revisedCode of Practice on trade union ballots on industrial action which isbeing issued by the Secretary of State under section 12 of theEmployment Act 1990 comes into effect. The Code was originally issued inApril 1990, and has been revised in order to bring it into conformitywith changes made by the Employment Act 1990 to the law relating totrade union ballots on industrial action.
1980 c. 42; section 3(1) was amended by section 18(1) of theEmployment Act 1988 (c. 19) to enable the Secretary of State to issueCodes of Practice containing such practical guidance as he thinks fitfor the purpose of promoting what appear to him to be desirablepractices in relation to the conduct by trade unions of ballotsandelections.