Section 72E

Before the ballot is held, the responsible person for the ballot must make a determination about the means of voting in the ballot. The determination must set out which one or more of the permissible means of voting is available for the ballot. Where the determination provides that more than one permissible means of voting is available for the ballot, the determination must also set out— that each of those means is available for each person who is entitled to vote in the ballot, or which one or more of those means is available for one or more of the following— particular persons who are entitled to vote in the ballot; particular descriptions of persons who are entitled to vote in the ballot. 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 in the ballot. 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 72I(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 a ballot, Schedule ZA1 sets out further requirements in relation to a determination by the responsible person. The responsible person for a ballot under section 72C(1) is the trade union to which the ballot relates. The permissible means of voting for a ballot under section 72C(1) are— postal voting; hybrid voting; electronic voting. In this Chapter— “selected means of voting” means, in relation to a ballot, a permissible means of voting that is available for the ballot as a result of a determination under this section; a person is “eligible to vote” in a ballot by a particular means of voting if the determination under this section for the ballot 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