{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-72H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-72H.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/72H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72H",
  "heading": "Voting",
  "text": "(1) Every person who is entitled to vote in the ballot must—\n(a) be allowed to vote without interference from, or constraint imposed by, the union or any of its members, officials or employees, and\n(b) so far as is reasonably practicable, be enabled to do so without incurring any direct cost to themselves.\n(2) So far as is reasonably practicable, every person who is entitled to vote in the ballot must be given a convenient opportunity to vote.\n(3) The ballot must be conducted so as to secure that—\n(a) so far as is reasonably practicable, those voting do so in secret, and\n(b) the votes given in the ballot are fairly and accurately counted.\nFor the purposes of paragraph (b) an inaccuracy in counting must be disregarded if it is accidental and on a scale which could not affect the result of the ballot.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 72B-72P and cross-heading 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), 4(2) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/72H",
    "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."
}