Employment Rights Act 2025

68 Industrial action ballots: turnout threshold

(1) The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

(2) In section 226 (requirement of ballot before action by trade union), in subsection (2)(a)—

(a) insert “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (ii);

(b) omit sub-paragraph (iia) (and the “and” after it).

(3) In section 231 (information for members as to result of ballot)—

(a) omit paragraph (a);

(b) insert “and” at the end of paragraph (d);

(c) for paragraph (e) (and the “and” after it) substitute—

“(e) the number of spoiled voting papers.”;

(d) omit paragraph (f).

(4) Omit section 297A (meaning of “voting”).

(5) In section 299 (index of defined expressions), omit the entry for “voting”.

(6) In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (2) to (5)—

(a) in the Trade Union Act 2016—

(i) omit section 2;

(ii) in Schedule 4, omit paragraphs 12 and 17;

(b) in section 69 of this Act, omit subsection (3)(a).