Section 148 — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Consideration of complaint.

Consideration of complaint. 148 1 On a complaint under section 146 it shall be for the employer to show what was the sole or main purpose for which he acted or failed to act 2 In determining any question whether the employer acted or failed to act, or the purpose for which he did so , no account shall be taken of any pressure which was exercised on him by calling, organising, procuring or financing a strike or other industrial action, or by threatening to do so; and that question shall be determined as if no such pressure had been exercised. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .