{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-consolidation-act-1992/section-79.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/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Remedy for failure to comply with ballot rules: general.",
  "text": "(1) A person alleging that a trade union—\n(a) has held a ballot on a political resolution otherwise than in accordance with political ballot rules approved by the Certification Officer, or\n(b) has failed in relation to a proposed ballot on a political resolution to comply with political ballot rules so approved,\nmay apply for a declaration under section 80 (by the Certification Officer) or section 81 (by the court) ....\n(2) An application under section 80 or 81 may be made only by a person who is a member of the trade union and, where the ballot has been held, was a member at the time when it was held.\nReferences in section 80 or 81 to a person having a sufficient interest are to such a person.\n(3) No such application may be made after the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which the union announced the result of the ballot.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 79(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Trade Union Act 2016 (c. 15), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2); S.I. 2021/1373, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 79(1) omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 83(6), 159(2)(o) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2026/3, Sch. 2 para. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 79(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by Trade Union Act 2016 (c. 15), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); S.I. 2021/1373, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/section/79",
    "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."
}