{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/schedule-A1A/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/schedule-A1A/paragraph-18.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/A1A/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“ballot” includes an election;\n“electronic voting platform” means the website or software through which the electronic voting form is accessed;\n“mobile telephone message” means a message comprised of text or media sent via a mobile messaging protocol to a telephone number allocated in accordance with a national or international numbering plan;\n“qualifying internet messaging service” means an internet messaging service—\n(a)which requires a unique telephone number for registration, and\n(b)for which the means of sending a message using the service is to send the message to the unique telephone number associated with a particular account;\n“relevant person” means a person who is eligible to vote by either or both of the following means of voting—\n(a)electronic voting;\n(b)hybrid voting;\n“unique telephone number” means, in relation to a qualifying internet messaging service, a telephone number which is not associated with any other account registered with the service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1A inserted (25.8.2026) by The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/schedule/A1A/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:34.194369+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."
}