Schedule A1, Part III, paragraph 81B

This paragraph applies if— the CAC accepts an application under paragraph 66 or 75, the union requests (or unions request) access to the relevant workers under paragraph 81A(2) in connection with the application, and the application is in progress. The CAC must try to help the parties to reach agreement within the negotiation period as to terms on which the union is (or unions are) to have access to the relevant workers. The negotiation period is, subject to any notice under sub-paragraph (4) or (6)— the period of 20 working days starting with the day after the day on which the CAC gives the union (or unions) notice under paragraph 68(5) or 76(5) that the application is accepted, or such longer period (so starting) as the CAC may specify to the parties by notice containing reasons for the extension. If, during the negotiation period, the CAC concludes that there is no reasonable prospect of the parties’ agreeing terms on which the union is (or unions are) to have access to the relevant workers before the time when (apart from this sub-paragraph) the negotiation period would end, the CAC may, by a notice given to the parties, declare that the negotiation period ends with the date of the notice. A notice under sub-paragraph (4) must contain reasons for reaching the conclusion mentioned in that sub-paragraph. If, during the negotiation period, the parties apply to the CAC for a declaration that the negotiation period is to end with a date (specified in the application) which is earlier or later than the date with which it would otherwise end, the CAC may, by a notice given to the parties, declare that the negotiation period ends with the specified date.

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