Section 179

A collective agreement shall be conclusively presumed not to have been intended by the parties to be a legally enforceable contract unless the agreement— is in writing, and contains a provision which (however expressed) states that the parties intend that the agreement shall be a legally enforceable contract. A collective agreement which does satisfy those conditions shall be conclusively presumed to have been intended by the parties to be a legally enforceable contract. If a collective agreement is in writing and contains a provision which (however expressed) states that the parties intend that one or more parts of the agreement specified in that provision, but not the whole of the agreement, shall be a legally enforceable contract, then— the specified part or parts shall be conclusively presumed to have been intended by the parties to be a legally enforceable contract, and the remainder of the agreement shall be conclusively presumed not to have been intended by the parties to be such a contract. A part of a collective agreement which by virtue of subsection (3)(b) is not a legally enforceable contract may be referred to for the purpose of interpreting a party of the agreement which is such a contract.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04