{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-70ZB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-70ZB.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/70ZB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70ZB",
  "heading": "Access requests and response notices",
  "text": "(1) A qualifying trade union may give an employer a request for access by one or more officials of the union for any of the access purposes.\n(2) A request under subsection (1)—\n(a) may request access on one or more occasions;\n(b) may include the terms on which access is requested (including as to what (if any) assistance the employer is requested to provide in relation to the access).\n(3) A request under subsection (1) must—\n(a) be in the prescribed form;\n(b) include the prescribed information;\n(c) be given in the prescribed manner.\n(4) An employer that has been given a request under subsection (1) may give the union a notice agreeing with the request or disagreeing with the request (in whole or in part).\n(5) A notice under subsection (4) must—\n(a) be in the prescribed form;\n(b) include the prescribed information;\n(c) be given in the prescribed manner.\n(6) In this Chapter—\n“access request” means a request under subsection (1) given in accordance with subsection (3);\n“response notice” means a notice under subsection (4) given in accordance with subsection (5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 5ZA inserted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 59(2), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(19)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/70ZB",
    "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."
}