SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A1 Collective Bargaining: Recognition

Part VI Derecognition where union not independent

Introduction

134

(1)

This Part of this Schedule applies if—

(a)

an employer and a union (or unions) have agreed that the union is (or unions are) recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a group or groups of workers, and

(b)

the union does not have (or none of the unions has) a certificate F1of independence.

(2)

In such a case references in this Part of this Schedule to the bargaining arrangements are to—

(a)

the parties’ agreement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), and

(b)

any agreement between the parties as to the method by which they will conduct collective bargaining.

134

(1)

This Part of this Schedule applies if—

(a)

an employer and a union (or unions) have agreed that the union is (or unions are) recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a group or groups of workers, and

(b)

the union does not have (or none of the unions has) a certificate under section 6 that it is independent.

(2)

In such a case references in this Part of this Schedule to the bargaining arrangements are to—

(a)

the parties’ agreement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), and

(b)

any agreement between the parties as to the method by which they will conduct collective bargaining.

135

In this Part of this Schedule—

(a)

references to the parties are to the employer and the union (or unions);

(b)

references to the bargaining unit are to the group of workers referred to in paragraph 134(1)(a) (or the groups taken together).

136

The meaning of collective bargaining given by section 178(1) shall not apply in relation to this Part of this Schedule.