http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/article/31The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-23Expert Participation2024-04-06 PART IVRIGHTS IN RELATION TO TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPRight not to be unjustifiably disciplinedRight not to be unjustifiably disciplined311An individual who is or has been a member of a trade union has the right not to be unjustifiably disciplined by the union.2For this purpose an individual is “disciplined” by a trade union if a determination is made, or purportedly made, under the rules of the union or by an official of the union or a number of persons including an official that—ahe should be expelled from the union or a branch or section of the union,bhe should pay a sum to the union, to a branch or section of the union or to any other person;csums tendered by him in respect of an obligation to pay subscriptions or other sums to the union, or to a branch or section of the union, should be treated as unpaid or paid for a different purpose,dhe should be deprived to any extent of, or of access to, any benefits, services or facilities which would otherwise be provided or made available to him by virtue of his membership of the union, or a branch or section of the union,eanother trade union, or a branch or section of it, should be encouraged or advised not to accept him as a member, orfhe should be subjected to some other detriment; and whether an individual is “unjustifiably disciplined” shall be determined in accordance with Article 32.3Where a determination made in infringement of an individual's right under this Article requires the payment of a sum or the performance of an obligation, no person is entitled in any proceedings to rely on that determination for the purpose of recovering the sum or enforcing the obligation.4Subject to that, the remedies for infringement of the right conferred by this Article are as provided by Articles 33 and 34, and not otherwise.5The right not to be unjustifiably disciplined is in addition to (and not in substitution for) any right which exists apart from this Article; and, subject to Article 33(4), nothing in this Article or Articles 32 to 34 affects any remedy for infringement of any such right.
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