65E+W+SFor section 133 of the 1992 Act (employers’ associations: amalgamations etc.) there shall be substituted—
“133 Amalgamations and transfers of engagements.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of Chapter VII of Part I of this Act (amalgamations and similar matters) apply to unincorporated employers’ associations as in relation to trade unions.
(2)In its application to such associations that Chapter shall have effect—
(a)as if in section 99(1) for the words from that every to accompanied by there were substituted the words that, not less than seven days before the ballot on the resolution to approve the instrument of amalgamation or transfer is held, every member is supplied with,
(b)as if the requirements imposed by sections 100A to 100E consisted only of those specified in sections 100B and 100C(1) and (3)(a) together with the requirement that every member must, so far as is reasonably possible, be given a fair opportunity of voting, and
(c)with the omission of sections 101(3) and 107.”.