# Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, Section 47: Candidates.


(1) No member of the trade union shall be unreasonably excluded from standing as a candidate.
(2) No candidate shall be required, directly or indirectly, to be a member of a political party.
(3) A member of a trade union shall not be taken to be unreasonably excluded from standing as a candidate if he is excluded on the ground that he belongs to a class of which all the members are excluded by the rules of the union.
But a rule which provides for such a class to be determined by reference to whom the union chooses to exclude shall be disregarded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-47
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