{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-48",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1995/1980",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Approval of political ballot rules",
  "text": "(1) A ballot on a political resolution must be held in accordance with rules of the trade union (its “political ballot rules”) approved by the Certification Officer.\n(2) Fresh approval is required for the purposes of each ballot which it is proposed to hold, notwithstanding that the rules have been approved for the purposes of an earlier ballot.\n(3) The Certification Officer shall not approve a union's political ballot rules unless he is satisfied that the requirements set out in—\nArticle 49 (appointment of independent scrutineer),\nArticle 50 (entitlement to vote),\nArticle 51 (voting),\nArticle 52 (counting of votes etc. by independent person), and\nArticle 53 (scrutineer's report),\nwould be satisfied in relation to a ballot held by the union in accordance with the rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/article/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:43:54.412212+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."
}