This Section repeals section 4 of the Trade Union Act 2016. Section 4 required the Secretary of State to commission an independent review of electronic balloting for all industrial action ballots within 6 months of Royal Assent of the Trade Union Act 2016, to consider the report, and publish a response and laying it before each House.
	Subsection (1) removes section 4 of the Trade Union Act 2016.
	Subsection (2) makes clear that removal of section 4 from the Trade Union Act 2016 does not affect the power of the Secretary of State under section 54 of the Employment Relations Act 2004 to widen the means of voting that are to be available in industrial action ballots conducted under certain provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Industrial action: ballots Section 73: Electronic balloting