This Section repeals the requirement for trade unions to opt out their members from contributions to political funds, unless they have expressly requested to opt in. This will return (in substance) to the position before the passage of the Trade Union Act 2016, with trade union members being automatically opted in to contribute to a political fund, unless they expressly opt out. In particular, it amends sections 82, 84 and 84A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
	Subsection (1) provides that the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is amended by subsections (2) to (6), set out below.
	Subsection (2) amends section 82(1)(ca)(i) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to change it to reflect the opt in regime.
	Subsection (3) sets out replacement text for section 84 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, to update the requirements for an opt-out process in relation to political funds, and inserts a new section 84A, which requires trade unions to give notice to its members of their right to opt-out of contributing to the union’s political fund every ten years.
	Subsection (4) retains an amended requirement for the employer to not deduct a contribution from the member where they are not a contributor to the fund or where their opt-out notice has been given but is not yet in force.
	Subsections (5) and (6) make consequential amendments to section 94,  allowing unions to make rules for the purposes of complying with section 84A (opt-out information notices) that may provide for the notice to be given to overseas members, and section 299 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
	Subsection (7) repeals subsections (1), (2) and (5) to (8) of section 11 of the Trade Union Act 2016. It also repeals paragraph (7)(3) and paragraph (9) of Schedule 4 to that Act.
Part 4: Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc Trade union finances Section 62: Requirement to contribute to political fund