Trade Disputes Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part II
Section 3
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An action against a registered trade union, Immunityof h h f k
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b trade unions w et er o wor ers or emp oyers, or agamst any mem ers from actions or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other oftort members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union in contemplation or in furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be entertained by any court.
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;
Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of a registered trade union or any official tp.ereof to be sued in any court touching or concerning the property or rights of a registered trade union, except in respect of any tortious act committed by or on behalf of the union in contemplation or in furtherance of a trade dispute.
trade dispute
"trade dispute" means any dispute between em-ployers and workers, or between workers and workers connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment or with the conditions of any person;
Terms defined in s 2
trade dispute
Defined · s 2"trade dispute" means any dispute between em-ployers and workers, or between workers and workers connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment or with the conditions of any person;
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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