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An Act to provide for compensation out of public funds for certain past cases of dismissal for failure to conform to the requirements of a union membership agreement; to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers’ associations; to make provision with respect to awards by[F1 employment tribunals] and awards by, and the procedure of, the Employment Appeal Tribunal; and for connected purposes.
[28th October 1982]
Extent Information
E1For the extent of this Act see s. 22(5) as repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 301(1)(2), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F1Words substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act applied by S.I. 1976/766, art. 3 as amended by S.I. 1984/1149, art. 2
Commencement Information
I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 22(2); Act wholly in force at 2.1.1983.
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F3S. 2 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302,Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F4S. 3 (which was not reproduced in Statutes in Force) is repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F5S. 4 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302,Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F6S. 5 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F7S. 6 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F8S. 7 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F9S. 8 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F10S. 9 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F11S. 10 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F12S. 11 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F13S. 12 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F14S. 13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F15S. 14 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F16S. 15 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F17S. 16 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F18S. 17 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F19S. 18 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F20S. 19 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).
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F21S. 20 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F22(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)Schedule 3 to this Act (which makes minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.
F22(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F22S. 21(1)(3) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
(1)This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1982.
(2)This Act, except section 2 and Schedule 1, shall not come into operation until such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
(3)An order under this section may contain such transitional and supplemental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
F23(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F23(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F23S. 22(4)(5) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para 2).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 22(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1982/1656
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F24Sch. 1 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
Section 20.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
F361E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F36Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F372E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F37Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F383E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F38Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F394E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F39Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F405E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F40Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
6F41(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
F42(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43
F42(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F42(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F41Sch. 2 para. 6(1) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F42Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(4)(5) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
7F44(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F45(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F44Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(2) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F45Sch. 2 para. 7(3) repealed (6.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/31, reg. 6, Sch.
8F46(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
F46(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F46(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F46(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(5)In section 146 of that Act (miscellaneous excluded classes of employment—
F46(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F46Sch. 2 para. 8(1)-(4), (5)(a) repealed (30.11.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 51, Sch. 10; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F47Sch. 2 para. 8(5)(b) repealed (6.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/31, reg. 6, Sch.
F489E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F48Sch. 2 para. 9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
Section 21.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of Sch. 3(1)–(7)(9) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
F491E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F49Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F502E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F50Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 2 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
3E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51
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F524E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F52Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
5E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53
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F546E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F54Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 6 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F557E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F55Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)
F568E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F56Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)
F579E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F57Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)
F5810E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F58Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F5911E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F59Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6012E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F60Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6113U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F61Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
14E+W+SIn section 6 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (duty of Corporations to take steps to establish and maintain machinery for, amongst other things, the resolution of trade disputes), in subsection (2)(b) (in which “trade dispute” is defined by reference to the 1974 Act), for the words “within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974” there shall be substituted the words “ within the meaning of the Employment Protection Act 1975 ”.
F6215E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F62Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 15 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
16E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63
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F6417E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F64Sch. 3 paras. 17-20 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6518E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F65Sch. 3 paras. 17-20 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6619E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F66Sch. 3 paras. 17-20 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6720E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F67Sch. 3 paras. 17-20 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F6821E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F68Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 21 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F6922E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F69Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 22 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F7023E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F70Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 23 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F7124E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F71Sch. 3 para. 24 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F7225E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F72Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 25 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F7326E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F73Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 26 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
27F74(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
(2)In paragraph 2(4)—
F75(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76
(3)In paragraph 6(3)—
F75(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76
Textual Amendments
F74Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 27(1) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F75Sch. 3 para. 27(2)(a)(3)(a) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).
F76Sch. 3 para. 27(2)(b)(3)(b) repealed by Dock Work Act 1989 (c. 13, SIF 43:1), s. 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F7728E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F77Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 28 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F7829E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F78Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 29 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F7930E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F79Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 30 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
F8031E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F80Sch. 3 para. 31 repealed (21.3.1997) by 1995 c. 24, s. 13(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I; S.I. 1997/1139, art. 2
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Textual Amendments
F81Sch. 4 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)
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