SCHEDULES
E1SCHEDULE 3 Transitional provisions and savings
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Extent Information
Persons elected to trade union office before 1988 amendments
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1
In relation to a person who was, within the period of five years ending with 25th July 1989, elected to a position to which the requirements of section 1 of the Trade Union Act 1984 were extended by virtue of section 12(1) of the Employment Act 1988—
a
the references in section 46(1)(a) and 58(2)(a) to satisfying the requirements of Chapter IV of Part I shall be disregarded, and
b
the period of five years mentioned in section 46(1)(b) shall be calculated from the date of that election.
2
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the only persons entitled to vote in the election were themselves persons holding positions to which Chapter IV of Part I would have applied had that Chapter been in force at the time.
See s.301(2)(f)