Section 226B(1)

The trade union shall, before the ballot in respect of the industrial action is held, appoint a qualified person (“the scrutineer”) whose terms of appointment shall require him to carry out in relation to the ballot the functions of— in relation to voting papers sent or to be sent in accordance with paragraph 14(1) of Schedule A1A or provided in accordance with paragraph 16(5)(a) of that Schedule, supervising the production of the voting papers, undertaking the distribution of the voting papers and being the person to whom the voting papers are returned; where electronic voting forms are to be used for the ballot— generating and distributing the voting access methods; maintaining the electronic voting system; maintaining the audit logs; appropriately retaining relevant personal information, voting information, voting access method information and the audit logs; in the case of a ballot for which workplace voting is a selected means of voting— supervising the production of the voting papers; sending notice of the ballot in accordance with section 230D; providing voting papers to persons entitled to vote in the ballot; setting up and maintaining voting stations (within the meaning of section 230E(3)); counting the votes cast by the return of voting papers at voting stations; taking such steps as appear to him to be appropriate for the purpose of enabling him to make a report to the trade union (see section 231B); and making the report as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of the ballot and, in any event, not later than the end of the period of four weeks beginning with that date.

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