Section 60 — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: Overseas members.

Overseas members. 60 1 A trade union which has overseas members may choose whether or not to accord any of those members entitlement to vote at an election for a position to which this Chapter applies.

2 An “ overseas member ” means a member of the union (other than a merchant seaman or offshore worker) who is outside Great Britain throughout the period during which votes may be cast. For this purpose— “ merchant seaman ” means a person whose employment, or the greater part of it, is carried out on board sea-going ships; and “ offshore worker ” means a person in offshore employment, other than one who is in such employment in an area where the law of Northern Ireland applies.

3 Where the union chooses to accord an overseas member entitlement to vote, section 51 (requirements as to voting) applies in relation to him; but nothing in section 47 (candidates) or section 50 (entitlement to vote) applies in relation to an overseas member or in relation to a vote cast by such a member.