The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010

Introductory provisions

Citation, commencement and extent

1.  These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010,

(b) come into force on the day after the day on which they are made, and

(c) extend to Great Britain.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“employment agency” means a person who, for profit or not, provides services for the purposes of finding employment for workers or supplying employers with workers, and does not include a trade union by reason only of the services a trade union provides only for and in relation to its members;

“office”, in relation to a trade union, means any position—

(a)

by virtue of which the holder is an official of the trade union, or

(b)

to which Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992(1) (duty to hold elections) applies,

and “official” has the meaning given by section 119 of that Act;

“prohibited list” has the meaning given by regulation 3(2);

“services”, in relation to an employment agency, means services for the purposes of finding employment for workers or supplying employers with workers;

“use”, in relation to a prohibited list, includes use of information contained in the list.

(2) References in these regulations to information supplied by a person who contravenes regulation 3 include information supplied by a person who would contravene that regulation if that person’s actions took place in Great Britain.

(1)

1992 c. 52; section 46 was amended by sections 52, 57(2) and Schedule 2 of the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24.); section 119, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations; section 140 was amended by section 1(2)(a) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), and by section 240 and paragraph 56(1) and (6) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18); section 149 was amended by section 1(2)(a) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), and by section 2 and Schedule 2 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26); section 207A was inserted by section 3(1) and (2) of the Employment Act 2008 (c. 24); section 288 was amended by sections 1(2)(a) and (c), 8(3), 9(1) and (2)(c), 10(1) and (2)(c), 15 and paragraph 9(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), by section 57, paragraph 19 of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2 of the Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), by section 43 and paragraph 8(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17), by section 39(2) and paragraph 4(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c.19), and by section 208(1) and Schedule 21 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29); Schedule A2 was inserted by section 3(1) and (3) of the Employment Act 2008 (c. 24) and is amended by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.