Section 13 Acts in contemplation or furtherance of trade disputes.C3C1C2
England, Wales and Scotland
An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort on the ground only—
that it induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces any other person to interfere with its performance; or
that it consists in his threatening that a contract (whether one to which he is a party or not) will be broken or its performance interfered with, or that he will induce another person to break a contract or to interfere with its performance.
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An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure the doing of any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort if the act is one which, if done without any such agreement or combination, would not be actionable in tort.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 13(1) Substituted by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act 1976 (c. 7), s. 3(2)
- F2
S. 13(2) repealed by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), s. 19(1), Sch. 4
- F3
S. 13(3) repealed by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42), Sch. 2
Modifications
- C1
S. 13 excluded by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), s. 14, by Trade Union Act 1984 (c. 49, SIF 43:5), s. 10(1)(2) and by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 10
- C2
S. 13 excluded by S.I. 1989/901, art. 5 and by Employment Act 1990 (c. 38, SIF 43:5), ss. 4(1), 9(2)
- C3
S. 13 excluded by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42), ss. 16(2)(3), 18
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed N.I. (16.7.1992) (E.W.S.) (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1.