Section 228 — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Separate workplace ballots.

Separate workplace ballots. 228 1 Subject to subsection (2), this section applies if the members entitled to vote in a ballot by virtue of section 227 do not all have the same workplace.

2 This section does not apply if the union reasonably believes that all those members have the same workplace.

3 Subject to section 228A, a separate ballot shall be held for each workplace; and entitlement to vote in each ballot shall be accorded equally to, and restricted to, members of the union who—

a are entitled to vote by virtue of section 227, and b have that workplace.

4 In this section and section 228A “ workplace ” in relation to a person who is employed means—

a if the person works at or from a single set of premises, those premises, and b in any other case, the premises with which the person’s employment has the closest connection.