{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026.json",
  "id": "uksi/2026/220",
  "title": "The Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) Order 2026",
  "short_title": "Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) 2026",
  "long_title": "This Order appoints 5th March 2026 as the day upon which the revised Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers, which has been issued by the Secretary of State under section 205(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) (“the 1992 Act”), will come into effect. Article 3 makes transitional and saving provisions in relation to its coming into effect.",
  "citation": "S.I. 2026/220",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2026",
  "number": "220",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2026-03-04",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/1",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, extent and interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/article-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/2",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Appointed day for the Code of Practice",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/article-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/3",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Transitional and saving provisions",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/article-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2026-03-09",
      "size": 195427,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/pdf/uksi_20260220_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/220/pdfs/uksi_20260220_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1992/52",
      "title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992",
      "provisions": [
        "section/205"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2026/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/220",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:05.172341+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}