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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-access-and-unfair-practices-during-the-recognition-and-derecognition-process-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1129",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice (Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-access-and-unfair-practices-during-the-recognition-and-derecognition-process-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into effect, on 30th October 2026, the Code of Practice issued by the Secretary of State under sections 203(1) and 204(2) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) (“the 1992 Act”) on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process (“the Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process”), which revises and supersedes the Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices during Recognition and Derecognition Ballots, which came into effect on 1 October 2005. Article 3 makes transitional and saving provisions in relation to its coming into effect.\nThe Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process provides practical guidance for the purpose of promoting the improvement of industrial relations, where a party makes an application under Schedule A1 of the 1992 Act. It is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-access-and-unfair-practices-during-the-recognition-and-derecognition-process. A copy may also be inspected by contacting the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2DY.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument or the Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1129/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:53:21.881847+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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