{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/schedule-6/paragraph-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/36",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/52",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After paragraph 119 insert—\n“119ZA (1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the union has (or unions have) been informed of a ballot under paragraph 117(11), and\n(b) the CAC refuses an application or issues a declaration under paragraph 116E.\n(2) If the ballot has not been held, the CAC must take steps to cancel it.\n(3) If the ballot is held, it is to have no effect.\n119ZB (1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the union has (or unions have) been informed of a ballot under paragraph 117(11),\n(b) a complaint is made under paragraph 116I, and\n(c) the ballot did not begin before the beginning of the decision period referred to in paragraph 116I(5).\n(2) The CAC may by notice to the parties and the qualified independent person postpone the date on which the ballot is to begin until a date which falls after the end of the decision period.\n(3) In relation to an application under paragraph 112, “the parties” includes the worker or workers making the application.\n119ZC (1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the union has (or unions have) been informed of a ballot under paragraph 117(11),\n(b) the CAC issues a declaration that a complaint under paragraph 116I is well-founded, and\n(c) the CAC—\n(i) makes arrangements under paragraph 116J(5),\n(ii) refuses under paragraph 116K(4)(a) or (6) an application under paragraph 106, 107 or 112, or\n(iii) issues a declaration under paragraph 116K(5).\n(2) If the ballot has not been held, the CAC must take steps to cancel it.\n(3) If the ballot is held, it is to have no effect.\n119ZD (1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the CAC makes arrangements under paragraph 116J(5), and\n(b) the CAC has previously given an order under paragraph 119(1) in relation to a cancelled or ineffective ballot in connection with the application to which the notice relates.\n(2) The order has effect, to the extent that the CAC specifies in a notice to the parties, as if it were made for the purposes of the ballot for which arrangements are made under paragraph 116J(5).\n(3) In relation to an application under paragraph 112, “the parties” includes the worker or workers making the application.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 52 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 159(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 52 in force at 30.10.2026 by S.I. 2026/1065, reg. 3(f) (with reg. 4(6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/schedule/6/paragraph/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:14.747207+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."
}