# Employment Rights Act 2025, Paragraph 13: Ballots

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Paragraph 24 (notice of holding of ballot) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), after “paragraph” insert “19O(5),”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (5)—
(a) before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za) in the case of notice given under paragraph 19O(5), the period of 5 working days starting with the day on which the union (or the last of the unions) receives that notice,”;
(b) in paragraph (a)—
(i) at the beginning insert “in the case of notice given under paragraph 22(3) or 23(2),”;
(ii) for the words from “the CAC’s notice” to the end substitute “that notice”;
(c) in paragraph (b), for “so starting” substitute “starting with the day mentioned in paragraph (za) or (a) (as the case may be)”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (6)—
(a) before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za) in the case of notice given under paragraph 19O(5), the period of 5 working days starting with the day on which the union (or the last of the unions) receives that notice,”;
(b) in paragraph (a)—
(i) at the beginning insert “in the case of notice given under paragraph 22(3) or 23(2),”;
(ii) for the words from “the CAC’s notice” to the end substitute “that notice”;
(c) in paragraph (b), for “so starting” substitute “starting with the day mentioned in paragraph (za) or (a) (as the case may be)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/schedule/6/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-13
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