24(1)This paragraph applies if the CAC gives notice under paragraph 22(3) or 23(2).
(2)Within the notification period—
(a)the union (or unions), or
(b)the union (or unions) and the employer,
may notify the CAC that the party making the notification does not (or the parties making the notification do not) want the CAC to arrange for the holding of the ballot.
(3)If the CAC is so notified—
(a)it must not arrange for the holding of the ballot,
(b)it must inform the parties that it will not arrange for the holding of the ballot, and why, and
(c)no further steps are to be taken under this Part of this Schedule.
(4)If the CAC is not so notified it must arrange for the holding of the ballot.
(5)The notification period is the period of 10 working days starting—
(a)for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a), with the day on which the union (or last of the unions) receives the CAC’s notice under paragraph 22(3) or 23(2), or
(b)for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), with that day or (if later) the day on which the employer receives the CAC’s notice under paragraph 22(3) or 23(2).