{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/223",
  "legislation_title": "The Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder Schedule 1A to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, where the Industrial Court arranges a ballot on the recognition or derecognition of a trade union for collective bargaining, it must appoint a “qualified independent person” to conduct the ballot.\nThe Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (the “2001 Order”) specifies conditions which must be satisfied in order for an individual or partnership to be a qualified person. It also specifies certain persons by name as qualified persons.\nThis Order makes one amendment to the 2001 Order. The list at Article 4 of the 2001 Order of persons specified by name as being qualified for appointment has been replaced. That list was previously replaced in January 2005 by the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 which was revoked and replaced in April 2010 by the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010, which is now partially revoked.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory rule as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/223/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:50:52.431523+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."
}