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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/schedule-A1/paragraph-27ZB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/schedule-A1/paragraph-27ZB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/52",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/27ZB",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27ZB",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the union has (or unions have) been informed of a ballot under paragraph 25(9),\n(b) a complaint is made under paragraph 19N, and\n(c) the ballot did not begin before the beginning of the decision period referred to in paragraph 19N(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 paras. 27ZA-27ZD inserted (30.10.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 6 para. 16; S.I. 2026/1065, reg. 3(f) (with reg. 4(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1999/26",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Relations Act 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/schedule/A1/paragraph/27ZB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:34:11.197615+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."
}