Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2242 (C. 61)

The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

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Commencement
     2.  - (1) Sections 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of the Act and subsections (4) to (6) of section 13 of the Act (all of which relate to the right to be accompanied) shall come into force on 4th September 2000.

    (2) Section 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Act (ballots and notices) shall come into force on 18th September 2000.

Transitional provisions
     3. Section 10 of the Act does not have effect in relation to a disciplinary or grievance hearing taking place on or after 4th September 2000 if the worker is required or invited to attend the hearing before that date.

     4.  - (1) The amendments to section 226A of the 1992 Act (made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act) shall apply in relation to a notice given pursuant to that section where a trade union - 

(a) takes the steps or any of the steps referred to in the section in relation to the notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of the section after 17th September 2000; or

(b) takes the steps referred to in the section in relation to that notice before 18th September 2000 and reasonably believes that the notice will be received by the employer after 17th September 2000.

    (2) The amendments to sections 229, 230 and 246, substitution of section 228, and insertion of sections 228A and 232B of the 1992 Act (made by paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Schedule 3 to the Act) have effect in relation to all ballots in respect of which the notice required by section 226A of the 1992 Act is subject to the amendments made to that section by the Act.

    (3) Subject to paragraph (4), the amendments to sections 226, 227, 234, 234A and insertion of section 232A of the 1992 Act (made by paragraphs 2, 4, 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act) have effect only in relation to a ballot where the date of the ballot falls after 17th September 2000.

    (4) Section 234A(7B) of the 1992 Act (inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act) shall have effect in relation to agreements concluded after 17th September 2000.


Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry

17th August 2000

[2] 1992 c. 52.back