{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-ballots-and-elections-independent-scrutineer-qualifications-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1909",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-ballots-and-elections-independent-scrutineer-qualifications-order-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(this note is not part of the Order)\nSections 49, 75, 100A and 226B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (the 1992 Act) (as amended by the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)) require ballots and elections, held by a trade union, relating to elections for the members of the executive committee and specified officers, political funds, mergers or industrial action, to be supervised by a qualified independent person (known as a “scrutineer”) appointed by the trade union. This Order specifies for the purposes of those provisions above the conditions which a person must meet to be eligible for appointment as a scrutineer and also specifies three bodies by name.\nA person who meets the specified conditions or a body specified by name may be appointed as a scrutineer of a ballot or election provided that the trade union has no grounds for believing—\n(a) that the person or body will carry out his functions less than competently; or\n(b) that the independence of the person or body in relation to the union, or the ballot or election, is open to question.\nIt comes into force on 30 August 1993, the same day as the relevant amendments to the 1992 Act contained in the 1993 Act, come into force.\nThis Order also revokes the Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1909/note",
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  },
  "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."
}