# The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Paragraph 3


(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Part.
(2) References to collective bargaining are to negotiations relating to pay, hours and holidays; but this has effect subject to sub-paragraph (3).
(3) If the parties agree matters as the subject of collective bargaining, references to collective bargaining are to negotiations relating to the agreed matters; and this is the case whether the agreement is made before or after the time when the Court issues a declaration, or the parties agree, that the union is (or unions are) entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a bargaining unit.
(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in construing paragraph 31(3).
(5) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) do not apply in construing paragraph 35 or 44 and in those paragraphs collective bargaining has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the 1992 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1980/schedule/1A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1A/paragraph-3
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