Paragraph 49 of the Schedule makes minor amendments to paragraph 117 of Schedule A1 (ballots: general) to refer to a ballot arranged under paragraph 116(3) as well as under paragraph 117.
	Paragraph 50 of the Schedule amends paragraph 118 of Schedule A1 (duties of employer in relation to ballot). Currently the five duties under paragraph 118 refer to duties of the employer under a derecognition ballot. As a result of this Act, unions will be able to obtain access earlier in the derecognition process; they will be able to request it once the CAC notifies them that an application has been accepted. Protections for both parties in relation to unfair practices are also extended earlier in the derecognition process, again where the CAC notifies the parties that an application has been accepted.
	As a result, some of the duties on the employer will relate to the derecognition process as a whole, not just the ballot. That is why paragraph 50 of the Schedule removes references to the second, fourth and fifth duties from paragraph 118 of Schedule A1 as these duties, in relation to the derecognition process as a whole, are now provided for elsewhere.
	Paragraph 50 of the Schedule also amends the duty on the employer to cooperate generally with the union and with the person appointed for the conduct of the ballot by specifying that no other duties in this Part of Schedule A1 can prejudice the generality of this duty.
	Paragraph 50 of the Schedule inserts duties on the employer, where a ballot has been ordered by the CAC under new paragraph 116J in circumstances where the CAC has found that there has been an unfair practice and where a ballot had been previously ordered: the employer is required to provide updated information in relation to the workers in the bargaining unit, including information regarding names and addresses not previously provided to the CAC, and information on those workers who have left.
	Paragraph 50 of the Schedule also deletes references to powers for Ministers and ACAS to issue Codes of Practice. This is because these powers now relate to access and unfair practices for the whole of the recognition and derecognition processes from the point an application is accepted by the CAC. These powers no longer solely relate to the ballot, hence why references are deleted in paragraph 118 of Schedule A1.
	Paragraph 51 of the Schedule amends paragraph 119 of Schedule A1 which applies where the employer has failed to comply with its duties under paragraph 118 of Schedule A1 and the ballot has not yet been held. Paragraph 119 of Schedule A1 gives the CAC the power to order the employer to take remedial steps and, if this is not complied with, the power to refuse the application for derecognition. Where the application is made under paragraph 112, and an order is made against the employer, the workers making the application can enforce it as provided in subparagraph (6), as if an order of the court or sheriff.
	Paragraph 52 of the Schedule supplements paragraph 119 of Schedule A1 by providing in paragraph 119ZA of Schedule A1 that where a union has been informed that a ballot is to be held under para. 117(11), that ballot is to be cancelled or to have no effect if already held in circumstances where the derecognition application has been refused or a declaration has been made under 116E.
	New subparagraph 119ZB is inserted by paragraph 52 to address circumstances where a party has submitted a complaint that there has been an unfair practice and the ballot has not yet taken place. The CAC may notify the parties and the qualified independent person to postpone the date of the ballot until after the CAC’s decision period under new paragraph 116I of Schedule A1.
	New subparagraph 119ZC is inserted by paragraph 52 to address circumstances where the CAC has found that a complaint in relation to an unfair practice is well founded. If the ballot has not been held, the CAC must take steps to cancel it. If the ballot has been held, it is to have no effect.
	New subparagraph 119ZD is inserted by paragraph 52 to address circumstances where the CAC has given a declaration or order that an unfair practice complaint is well founded and where the CAC has previously made an order in relation to a cancelled or ineffective ballot: then that order has effect, to the extent that the CAC specifies in its notice to the parties, as if made in relation to the ballot arranged under paragraph 116J(5).
	Paragraph 53 of the Schedule deletes paragraphs 119A to 119I of Schedule A1. Unfair practices are now addressed earlier in Schedule A1.
	Paragraph 54 of the Schedule amends paragraph 120 (costs of the ballot) of Schedule A1. In particular, if the ballot is ordered under paragraph 116J(5) following a well-founded complaint about an unfair practice, the costs are to be borne in proportions determined by the CAC.
	Paragraph 55 of the Schedule amends paragraph 121 of Schedule A1 (result of ballot) to reflect that the CAC needs to announce the result of the ballot as soon as practicable following 5 working days after the close of the ballot or once an unfair practice complaint has been determined.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Trade union recognition Part 4 - Derecognition Ballots