{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-230",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-230.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": "section/230",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "230",
  "heading": "Postal voting: additional requirements for conduct of ballot",
  "text": "(A1) Where postal voting is a selected means of voting for a ballot, this section applies in relation to postal voting in the ballot.\n(A2) Where a person chooses to vote by postal voting, the method of voting is by the marking of a voting paper by the person voting.\n(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Except as regards persons falling within subsection (2A), so far as is reasonably practicable, every person who is entitled to vote in the ballot must—\n(a) have a voting paper sent to him by post at his home address or any other address which he has requested the trade union in writing to treat as his postal address; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) Subsection (2B) applies to a merchant seaman if the trade union reasonably believes that—\n(a) he will be employed in a ship either at sea or at a place outside Great Britain at some time in the period during which votes may be cast, and\n(b) it will be convenient for him to receive a voting paper and to vote while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is rather than in accordance with subsection (2).\n(2B) Where this subsection applies to a merchant seaman he shall, if it is reasonably practicable—\n(a) have a voting paper made available to him while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is, and\n(b) be given an opportunity to vote while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is.\n(2C) In subsections (2A) and (2B) “merchant seaman” means a person whose employment, or the greater part of it, is carried out on board sea-going ships.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 230(A1)(A2) inserted (25.8.2026) by The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(b) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 230(1) omitted (25.8.2026) by virtue of The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(c) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 230(2)-(2C) substituted for s. 230(2)(3) (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 17; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 230 omitted (25.8.2026) by virtue of The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(d) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 230(2)(b) omitted (25.8.2026) by virtue of The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(e) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 230(2A)(2B) substituted (18.9.2000) by 1999 c. 26, s. 4, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 7; S.I. 2000/2242, art. 2(2) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 230(4) omitted (25.8.2026) by virtue of The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(f) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 230 heading substituted (25.8.2026) by The Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/881), arts. 1(3), 7(10)(a) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 230 applied (14.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1828, art. 2(5)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/230",
    "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."
}