Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (repealed)

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<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-minimum-service-levels"><heading><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Minimum service levels</heading><section eId="section-1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>1</num><heading>Minimum service levels for certain strikes</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-interpretation-and-final-provisions"><heading><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>Interpretation and final provisions</heading><section eId="section-2"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>2</num><heading>Meaning of “the 1992 Act”</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section><section eId="section-3"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>3</num><heading>Power to make consequential provision</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section><section eId="section-4"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>4</num><heading>Extent</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section><section eId="section-5"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>5</num><heading>Commencement</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section><section eId="section-6"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>6</num><heading>Short title</heading><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>SCHEDULE<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Minimum service levels for certain strikes</heading><part eId="schedule-part-1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>PART 1</num><heading>Amendments to Part 5 of the 1992 Act: minimum service levels</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>1</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>2</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph></part><part eId="schedule-part-2"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>PART 2</num><heading>Related amendments to the 1992 Act</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>3</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>4</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>5</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>6</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>7</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>8</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>9</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-d50165c1490864162a974a176deb3a75" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>10</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph></part></hcontainer></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Minimum service levels for certain strikes</heading><part eId="schedule-part-1"><num>PART 1</num><heading>Amendments to Part 5 of the 1992 Act: minimum service levels</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Part 5 of the 1992 Act (industrial action) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p><mod>After section 234A insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock"><heading>Minimum service levels for certain services</heading><section eId="d25e246"><num>234B</num><heading>Power of Secretary of State to specify minimum service levels</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling work notices under section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref> to be given, make provision by regulations for levels of service in relation to strikes as respects relevant services (“<term refersTo="#term-minimum-service-regulations">minimum service regulations</term>”).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="d25e262"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Minimum service regulations may be framed so as to have effect in relation to any strike that takes place after the day on which the regulations come into force, even if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>notice of the strike under section 234A was given on or before the day on which the regulations come into force, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the date of the ballot in respect of the strike was on or before the day on which the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 comes into force.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e280"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In this Part, “<term refersTo="#term-relevant-services">relevant services</term>” has the meaning given by regulations made by the Secretary of State.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Regulations under subsection <ref href="#d25e280">(3)</ref> may specify only services that fall within any of the following categories—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>health services;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>fire and rescue services;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>education services;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>transport services;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(e)</num><content><p>decommissioning of nuclear installations and management of radioactive waste and spent fuel;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(f)</num><content><p>border security.</p></content></level></subsection></section><section eId="d25e337"><num>234C</num><heading>Work notices relating to minimum service levels</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Where minimum service regulations have been made as respects a relevant service, an employer may give a work notice to a trade union in relation to any strike—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>of which the union gives notice to the employer under section 234A, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>which relates to the provision of the service.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e359"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In this Part “<term refersTo="#term-work-notice">work notice</term>” means a notice in writing that levels of service under minimum service regulations are to apply in relation to a strike.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="d25e368"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>A work notice must be given within the period beginning with the day on which the notice under section 234A is given and ending with—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the 7th day before the earliest strike date to which it relates, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e380"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any later day that is agreed between the employer and the union.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e386"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>A work notice must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d25e392"><num>(a)</num><content><p>identify the persons required to work during the strike in order to secure that the levels of service under the minimum service regulations are provided, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>specify the work required to be carried out by them during the strike in order to secure that those levels of service are provided.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>A work notice must not identify more persons than are reasonably necessary for the purpose of providing the levels of service under the minimum service regulations.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(6)</num><intro><p>In deciding whether to identify a person in a work notice, the employer must not have regard to—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>whether the person is or is not a member of a trade union,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e422"><num>(b)</num><intro><p>whether the person has or has not—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>taken part in the activities of a trade union, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>made use of services made available to the person by a trade union by virtue of the person’s membership of the union, or</p></content></level></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e440"><num>(c)</num><intro><p>whether or not—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>a matter has been raised on the person’s behalf (with or without the person’s consent), or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>the person has consented to the raising of a matter on the person’s behalf,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>by a trade union of which the person is a member.</p></wrapUp></level></subsection><subsection><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In subsection (6) “<term refersTo="#term-a-trade-union">a trade union</term>” includes—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a particular trade union, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a particular branch or section of a particular trade union.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e481"><num>(8)</num><intro><p>Before giving a work notice, the employer must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d25e487"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consult the union about the number of persons to be identified and the work to be specified in the notice, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>have regard to any views expressed by the union in response.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e499"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>The employer may vary a work notice, so far as relating to a strike date, and give the notice as varied to the trade union—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d25e505"><num>(a)</num><content><p>before the end of the 4th day before the strike date, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of any later day that is agreed between the employer and the union.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(10)</num><intro><p>Before varying a work notice the employer must—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consult the union about the variation, so far as it relates to the matters mentioned in subsection <ref href="#d25e487">(8)(a)</ref>, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>have regard to any views expressed by the union in response.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e538"><num>(11)</num><content><p>For the purposes of this section, where a strike takes place over more than one day (continuously or discontinuously) each day is to be treated as a separate “strike date”.</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>234D</num><heading>Work notices: disclosure of information</heading><subsection><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Except as provided by subsection <ref href="#d25e575">(2)</ref>, a disclosure of information authorised by section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref> does not breach—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e575"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref> does not authorise a disclosure of information that would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, that section is to be taken into account).</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-the-data-protection-legislation">the data protection legislation</term>” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).</p></content></subsection></section><section><num>234E</num><heading>Work notices: no protection if union fails to take reasonable steps</heading><subsection eId="d25e600"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>Where an employer gives a trade union a work notice in relation to a strike, an act done by the union to induce a person to take part, or to continue to take part, in the strike is not protected as respects that person’s employer if—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the work notice is given in accordance with section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref>, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e615"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the union fails to take reasonable steps to ensure that all members of the union who are identified in the work notice comply with the notice.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="d25e621"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In proceedings in tort that are brought against a trade union in reliance on paragraph <ref href="#d25e615">(b)</ref> of subsection <ref href="#d25e600">(1)</ref>, any loss that would have been suffered even if the union had taken the reasonable steps mentioned in that paragraph is to be disregarded in calculating any amount to be awarded against the union by way of damages.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="d25e636"><num>234F</num><heading>Regulations: consultation and supplementary</heading><subsection eId="d25e640"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Before making regulations under section <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref> the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="d25e649"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>A power to make regulations under section <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref> includes power to make—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>different provision for different purposes or areas.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>Regulations under section <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref> are to be made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(4)</num><content><p>A statutory instrument containing such regulations (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(5)</num><content><p>Subsection <ref href="#d25e640">(1)</ref> may be satisfied by consultation before the passing of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (as well as by consultation after that time).</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="d25e697"><num>234G</num><heading>Interpretation of terms relating to minimum service levels</heading><subsection eId="d25e701"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In this Part—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-minimum-service-regulations">minimum service regulations</term>” means regulations under section <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref>(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-relevant-service">relevant service</term>” is to be read in accordance with section <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref><ref href="#d25e280">(3)</ref>;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-work-notice">work notice</term>” has the meaning given by section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref><ref href="#d25e359">(2)</ref>.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="d25e742"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Section 229(2A) (overtime ban and call-out ban to constitute action short of a strike) applies for the purposes of sections <ref href="#d25e246">234B</ref> to <ref href="#d25e636">234F</ref> as it applies for the purposes of section 229(2).</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></part><part eId="schedule-part-2"><num>PART 2</num><heading>Related amendments to the 1992 Act</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p><mod>In section 219 (which confers protection from certain tort liabilities), in subsection (4), for the words from “to”, in the first place it occurs, to “industrial action);” substitute <quotedText startQuote="&#x201C;">to—</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>sections 222 to 225 (action excluded from protection),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>section 226 (requirement of ballot before action by trade union),</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>section 234A (requirement of notice to employer of industrial action), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(d)</num><content><p>section 234E (work notices: no protection if union fails to take reasonable steps);</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><intro><p>In section 234A (notice to employers of industrial action), in subsection (3)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>at the end of paragraph (b) insert <quotedText startQuote="&#x201C;">and</quotedText><quotedStructure endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ba)</num><content><p>if the industrial action relates to the provision of a relevant service, states whether the action intended to begin or take place on each date specified under paragraph (b) is a strike for the purposes of section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref> (see section <ref href="#d25e697">234G</ref> <ref href="#d25e742">(2)</ref>).</p></content></level></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>Before section 235 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><heading ukl:Context="Pblock">Construction of references to contract of employment</heading></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content><p><mod>In section 235 (construction of references to contract of employment), for the words from “to 234A” to “union)” substitute <quotedText>“to <ref href="#d25e697">234G</ref>”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 238A (unfair dismissal: participation in official industrial action) is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (2) (circumstances in which employee who took protected industrial action is to be regarded as unfairly dismissed)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after paragraph (a) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(aa)</num><intro><p>where the protected industrial action was a strike relating to the provision of a relevant service, the employee—</p></intro><level class="para2"><num>(i)</num><content><p>was not an identified worker in relation to that strike, or</p></content></level><level class="para2"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>was an identified worker in relation to that strike and did not take part in the strike except to an extent that complied with the work notice, and</p></content></level></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>For subsection (9) (meaning of “<term refersTo="#term-date-of-dismissal" eId="term-date-of-dismissal">date of dismissal</term>”) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(9)</num><intro><p>In this section—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-date-of-dismissal">date of dismissal</term>” has the meaning given by section 238(5);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-identified-worker">identified worker</term>”, in relation to a strike relating to the provision of a relevant service, means a person who—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is identified in a work notice given in accordance with section <ref href="#d25e337">234C</ref> relating to 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class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p><mod>In section 246 (minor definitions), for “for the purposes of section 229(2)” substitute <quotedText>“where section 229(2A) applies (see that section and <ref href="#d25e697">234G</ref> <ref href="#d25e742">(2)</ref>)”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><intro><p>In section 299 (index of defined expressions)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-10-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in the entry relating to the meaning of “contract of employment” in sections 226 to 234, for “234” substitute <quotedText>“<ref href="#d25e697">234G</ref>”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-10-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in the entry relating to the meaning of “not protected” in sections 222 to 226, after “226” insert <quotedText>“, 234A and 234E”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" 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