Section 72P Small accidental failures in relation to electronic voting to be disregardedF1
If—
in relation to a ballot there is a failure (or there are failures) to comply with a provision mentioned in subsection (2) or with more than one of those provisions, and
the failure is accidental and on a scale which is unlikely to affect the result of the ballot or, as the case may be, the failures are accidental and taken together are on a scale which is unlikely to affect the result of the ballot,
the failure (or failures), in so far as they relate to electronic voting, are to be disregarded for all purposes.
The provisions are—
section 72F(14) (requirement to send contact information to scrutineer);
section 72H(2) (requirement to provide a convenient opportunity to vote);
section 72I(2)(c) (requirement to send provision concerning how votes are counted where a person casts multiple votes);
paragraph 12(1) of Schedule A1A (requirement to send electronic voting materials);
paragraph 12(4) of Schedule A1A (requirement to use contact information provided by trade union).
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Textual amendments
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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)