Section 70ZK: Enforcement of access agreements: supplementary provision

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 · 1992 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Trade Unions — Chapter 5ZA: Right of trade unions to access workplaces

An access agreement—

is enforceable only by means of a complaint under section 70ZH or 70ZI, and not by any other means;
in particular, is to be conclusively presumed not to have been intended by the parties to be a legally enforceable contract.

Accordingly, where an access agreement is, or is part of, a collective agreement, section 179(2) and (3)(a) do not apply to the access agreement.

A complaint under section 70ZH or 70ZI must be in writing and in such form as the Central Arbitration Committee may require.

In its consideration of a complaint under section 70ZH or 70ZI, the Central Arbitration Committee—

may make such enquiries as it sees fit;
may make reasonable requests to provide information or documents relevant to the complaint;
so far as reasonably practicable, must give any person who it considers has a proper interest in the complaint an opportunity to be heard.

The Central Arbitration Committee may draw an adverse inference from a person's failure to comply with any reasonable request to provide information or documents relevant to a complaint under section 70ZH or 70ZI.

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