Section 46A

Before the election is held, the responsible person for the election must make a determination about the means of voting at the election. The determination must set out which one or more of the permissible means of voting is available for the election. Where the determination provides that more than one permissible means of voting is available for the election, the determination must also set out— that each of those means is available for each person who is entitled to vote at the election, or which one or more of those means is available for one or more of the following— particular persons who are entitled to vote at the election; particular descriptions of persons who are entitled to vote at the election. Where the determination includes provision under subsection (3)(b), the determination must be such that at least one permissible means of voting is available for each person who is entitled to vote at the election. Where the determination provides— the determination must include provision setting out which vote is to be counted in a case where a person casts more than one vote (and section 51ZA(4) applies for the purposes of construing the number of votes cast by a person). that more than one permissible means of voting is available for a particular person or description of persons, or that hybrid voting is available for an election, Schedule ZA1 sets out further requirements in relation to a determination by the responsible person. The responsible person for an election under section 46(1)(a) is the trade union to which the election relates. The permissible means of voting for an election under section 46(1)(a) are— postal voting; hybrid voting; electronic voting. In this Chapter— “selected means of voting” means, in relation to an election, a permissible means of voting that is available for the election as a result of a determination under this section; a person is “eligible to vote” at an election by a particular means of voting if the determination under this section for the election sets out that that means is available for the person (see subsection (3)).

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