Commentary on provisions of the Act New section 234B: Power of Secretary of State to specify minimum service levels
Subsection (1) of this new section provides a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations providing for levels of service where there are strikes in relevant services, which are defined as "minimum service regulations".
	Subsection (2) provides that minimum service regulations may apply to strikes that take place on any day after they come into force, even if notice of the strike was given on or before that day, or the ballot in respect of the strike was on or before the day on which this Act comes into force. This means that the regulations may apply to all such strikes, regardless of when employers are notified of the strike.
	Subsection (3) provides for a further power for the Secretary of State to specify in regulations the relevant services for which minimum service level regulations may be made. This power to make regulations specifying relevant services is limited to the categories of services listed in Subsection (4) namely:
Health services
Fire and rescue services;
Education services;
Transport services;
Decommissioning of nuclear installations and management of radioactive waste and spent fuel;
Border security.