Trade Disputes Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 13
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person refusing to take part or to continue to take part in any strike or lock-out which is by this Act or by any other written l_9w declared to be illegal, shall be, by reason of such refusal or by reason of any action taken by him under this section, subject to expulsion from any trade union or society, or to any fine or penalty, or to deprivation of any right or benefit to which he or his legal personal representatives would otherwise be entitled, or liable to be placed in any respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of a trade union or society notwithstanding.
strike
"strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed, acting in combination, or a Short title Interpreta-tion…
Nothing in any written law limiting the proceed-ings which may be entertained by any court, and nothing in the rules of a trade union or society requiring the settlement of disputes in any manner shall apply to any proceeding for enforcing any right or exemption secured by this section,
trade union
"trade union" means any combination whether temporary or permanent the principal purposes of which are under its constitution the regulation of the relations between worker and employers, or between workers and workers or between em-ployers and employers, whether such combination would or would not if this Act had not been enacted have been deemed to have been an unlaw-ful combityition by reason of some one or more of its purposes being in restraint of trade;
Trade Disputes and in any such proceeding the court may, in lieu of order-ing a person who has been expelled from membership of a trade union or society to be restored to membership, order that he be paid out of the funds of the trade union or society such sum by way of compensation or damages as the court thinks just.
Terms defined in s 2
strike
Defined · s 2"strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed, acting in combination, or a Short title Interpreta-tion…
trade union
Defined · s 2"trade union" means any combination whether temporary or permanent the principal purposes of which are under its constitution the regulation of the relations between worker and employers, or between workers and workers or between em-ployers and employers, whether such combination would or would not if this Act had not been enacted have been deemed to have been an unlaw-ful combityition by reason of some one or more of its purposes being in restraint of trade;
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