Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/article/118
Timestamp: 2019-10-18 15:36:44
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'Art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'Art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'Art. 118', 'art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7', 'art. 118', 'art. 3', 'art. 7']

08/01/2006- Amendment
The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Section 118 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 16 October 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Notice to employers of industrial actionF8N.I.
(2) Paragraph (1) imposes a requirement in the case of an employer only if it is reasonable for the union to believe, at the latest time when steps could be taken to ensure that he receives such a notice, that he is the employer of persons who will be or have been induced to take part, or continue to take part, in the industrial action.
(3) For the purposes of this Article a relevant notice is a notice in writing which—
[F1(a)contains—
(ii)where some or all of the affected employees are employees from whose wages the employer makes deductions representing payments to the union, either those lists and figures and that explanation or the information mentioned in paragraph (3C); and]
(ii)where it is to be discontinuous, the intended dates for any of the affected employees to take part in the action,F2. . .
[F3(3A) The lists referred to in paragraph (3)(a) are—
(3F) Nothing in this Article requires a union to supply an employer with the names of the affected employees.]
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a relevant notice covers an act done by the union if the person induced[F4 falls within a notified category of employee, and the workplace at which he works is a notified workplace] and—
[F5(5B) In paragraph (5)—
(b)in relation to any other employee, the premises with which his employment has the closest connection.]
(7) [F6Subject to paragraphs (7A) and (7B),] where—
(a)continuous industrial action which has been authorised or endorsed by a union ceases to be so authorised or endorsedF6. . . , and
[F6(7A) Paragraph (7) shall not apply where industrial action ceases to be authorised or endorsed in order to enable the union to comply with a court order or an undertaking given to a court.
(7B) Paragraph (7) shall not apply where—
(a)a union agrees with an employer, before industrial action ceases to be authorised or endorsed, that it will cease to be authorised or endorsed with effect from a date specified in the agreement ( “the suspension date”) and that it may again be authorised or endorsed with effect from a date not earlier than a date specified in the agreement ( “the resumption date”);
(b)the action ceases to be authorised or endorsed with effect from the suspension date; and
(c)the action is again authorised or endorsed with effect from a date which is not earlier than the resumption date or such later date as may be agreed between the union and the employer.]
(8) The requirement imposed on a trade union by paragraph (1) shall be treated as having been complied with if the steps were taken by other relevant persons or committees whose acts were authorised or endorsed by the union and references to the belief or intention of the union in paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, paragraphs (3), (5)[F7, (5C)] and (6) shall be construed as references to the belief or the intention of the person or committee taking the steps.
(9) The provisions of Article 21(2) to (4) of the 1992 Order apply for the purpose of determining for the purposes of paragraph (1) who are relevant persons or committees and whether the trade union is to be taken to have authorised or endorsed the steps the person or committee took and for the purposes of[F6 paragraphs (7) to (7B)] whether the trade union is to be taken to have authorised or endorsed the industrial action.
F1Art. 118(3)(a) substituted (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(a); S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
F2Art. 118(3)(c) and preceding word repealed (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(b), Sch. 3; S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
F3Art. 118(3A)-(3F) inserted (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(3); S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
F4Words in art. 118(5) substituted (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(4); S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
F5Art. 118(5B)-(5D) substituted (8.1.2006) for art. 118(5A) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(5); S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
F61999 NI 9
F7Words in art. 118(8) inserted (8.1.2006) by Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3078 (N.I. 19)), arts. 1(2), 8(6); S.R. 2005/571, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 7)