{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-order-northern-ireland-2001/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-order-northern-ireland-2001/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/38",
  "legislation_title": "Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-and-derecognition-ballots-qualified-persons-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "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. This 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.\nThe Order comes into operation on 8th March 2001.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/38/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:06.465291+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."
}