# The Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026, Regulation 10: Notice period


(1) This regulation applies where the proposed access agreement would enable officials of the union to have access to workers at any time during the notice period described in paragraph (2).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the notice period begins on the day on which the CAC makes a determination under section 70ZE of the 1992 Act and ends at the end of the fifth working day after that day.
(3) This regulation also applies where the proposed access agreement provides for physical entry into a workplace and for communication with workers by means not involving physical entry into a workplace but does not also state whether the first occasion of access is to involve physical entry into a workplace.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348285321/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-unions-right-to-access-workplaces-regulations-2026/regulation-10
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