Duty to notify Secretary of State.
5.—(1) Section 193 of the 1992 Act shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)—
(a)for “10” substitute “20”; and
(b)for “a period of 30 days or less” substitute “such a period”.
(3) In subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)where there are representatives to be consulted under section 188, identify them and state the date when consultation with them under that section began,”.
(4) In subsection (6)—
(a)for the first sentence substitute—
“Where there are representatives to be consulted under section 188 the employer shall give to each of them a copy of any notice given under subsection (1) or (2).”; and
(b)in the second sentence, after “employer, or” insert “(in the case of representatives of a trade union)”.