The Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order 1993
Sections 49, 75, 100A and 226B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (the 1992 Act) (as amended by the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)) require ballots and elections, held by a trade union, relating to elections for the members of the executive committee and specified officers, political funds, mergers or industrial action, to be supervised by a qualified independent person (known as a “scrutineer”) appointed by the trade union. This Order specifies for the purposes of those provisions above the conditions which a person must meet to be eligible for appointment as a scrutineer and also specifies three bodies by name.