{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-picketing-order-2026/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-picketing-order-2026/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice (Picketing) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-picketing-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 5th March 2026 as the day upon which the revised Code of Practice on Picketing, which has been issued by the Secretary of State under section 205(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”), will come into effect.\nThe Code of Practice on Picketing has been revised for the purpose of bringing it into conformity with section 219 of the 1992 Act (Protection from certain tort liabilities), which was amended by the Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36) (“the 2025 Act”). The Code of Practice on Picketing has also been revised to omit obsolete passages in consequence of the repeal of section 220A (Union supervision of picketing) and section 234E (Work notices: no protection if union fails to take reasonable steps) of the 1992 Act by the 2025 Act.\nA full impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order or for the revised Code of Practice on Picketing because the revision of the Code of Practice on Picketing is consequential on the amendments made by the 2025 Act. The impacts of the 2025 Act on trade unions and other relevant bodies have been considered in the impact assessment produced in relation to the 2025 Act, which is available at https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3737/publications. A copy may also be inspected by contacting the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2DY.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/224/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:02.253912+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."
}