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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-union-subscription-deductions-northern-ireland-order-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110820584",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union Subscription Deductions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-union-subscription-deductions-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order substitutes Article 35 and amends Article 36 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the 1995 Order”).\nUnder Article 35 of the 1995 Order, employers must ensure that no deduction of trade union subscriptions direct from wages is made unless the worker concerned has given his written authorisation. Article 3 of this Order removes the restrictions whereby such authorisations remain valid for a maximum period of three years, and employers may not increase the amount to be deducted unless they have given written notice at least a month in advance to the worker affected. Article 36, which makes provision for complaints that Article 35 has been contravened, is amended accordingly.\nArticle 4 of this Order makes transitional provision for authorisations given under Article 35 before the coming into operation of this Order. It provides that such authorisations will be treated as given under Article 35 as amended by this Order if the employer of the worker concerned gives the worker a notice to that effect (in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order) and the worker does not give notice to the contrary within 14 days of receiving it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110820584/note",
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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."
}