{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-unions-right-to-access-workplaces-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-unions-right-to-access-workplaces-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348285321",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-trade-unions-right-to-access-workplaces-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Response period",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a qualifying trade union gives an employer an access request.\n(2) The response period prescribed for the purposes of section 70ZC(a) of the 1992 Act ends at the end of the 15th working day after the day on which the access request is given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 70ZA(3) of the 1992 Act for the definition of “qualifying trade union”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 70ZB(6) of the 1992 Act for the definition of “access request”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 70ZC(a) of the 1992 Act provides that the response period begins with the day on which the access request is given."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348285321/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:03.805311+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."
}