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Paragraph 11

(1)

This paragraph applies if—

(a)

before the end of the first period the employer fails to respond to the request, or

(b)

before the end of the first period the employer informs the union (or unions) that the employer does not accept the request (without indicating a willingness to negotiate).

(2)

The union (or unions) may apply to the Court to decide both these questions—

F1(a)

whether the proposed bargaining unit is appropriate;

(b)

whether the union has (or unions have) the support of a majority of the workers constituting the appropriate bargaining unit.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

2004 NI 19

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

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functions transf. by SR 1999/481

Notes on Schedule 1A

Textual amendments

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1999 NI 9