{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-72K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-72K.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/72K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72K",
  "heading": "Postal voting (voting paper and method of voting)",
  "text": "(1) So far as is reasonably practicable, every person who is eligible to vote by postal voting must have a voting paper sent to them by post at their home address or another address which they have requested the trade union in writing to treat as their postal address.\n(2) Each voting paper must—\n(a) state the name of the independent scrutineer and clearly specify the address to which, and the date by which, it is to be returned,\n(b) be given one of a series of consecutive whole numbers every one of which is used in giving a different number in that series to each voting paper printed or otherwise produced for the purposes of the ballot, and\n(c) be marked with its number.\n(3) Where a person chooses to vote by postal voting, the person votes by marking the voting paper sent to them.",
  "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/72K",
    "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."
}