Entitlement to vote in ballot on industrial action
154.Section 23 amends section 227(1) of the 1992 Act. The amendment clarifies that the members to whom the union must accord an entitlement to vote in an industrial action ballot are all those it is reasonable for the union to believe will be induced by it to take part in the action. This resolves the issue that arose in the Midland Mainline case (see above at paragraph 137) by putting it beyond doubt that the union does not have to give such an entitlement to members who might take part even though not induced to do so by the union.
