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(1)Section 29 of the 1974 Act (meaning of "trade dispute ") shall be amended as follows.
(2)In the opening words of subsection (1) (which define a " trade dispute " by reference to the parties to the dispute and its connection with certain matters)—
(a)for " between employers and workers " there shall be substituted " between workers and their employer ";
(b)the words " , or between workers and workers," shall be omitted; and
(c)for " is connected with " there shall be substituted " relates wholly or mainly to ".
(3)In subsection (2) (which extends the definition to certain disputes with a Minister of the Crown who does not employ the workers in question) for " employer and those workers " there shall be substituted " those workers and their employer ".
(4)In subsection (3) (which extends the definition to disputes relating to matters occurring outside Great Britain) for " occurring outside Great Britain " there is substituted " occurring outside the United Kingdom, so long as the person or persons whose actions in the United Kingdom are said to be in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute relating to matters occurring outside the United Kingdom are likely to be affected in respect of one or more of the matters specified in subsection (1) of this section by the outcome of that dispute ".
(5)Subsection (4) (which provides that a dispute with a trade union or employers' association is necessarily to be treated as a dispute to which workers or, as the case may be, employers are a party) shall be omitted.
(6)In subsection (6) for the definition of " worker " there is substituted—
“"worker", in relation to a dispute with an employer, means—
a worker employed by that employer; or
a person who has ceased to be employed by that employer where—
his employment was terminated in connection with the dispute ; or
the termination of his employment was one of the circumstances giving rise to the dispute.”.
(7)The amendments made by this section do not affect the question whether an act done by a person is done by him in contemplation or furtherance of a dispute, whether he is a party to the dispute or not.
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