5 Union communications with workers after acceptance of application

5  Union communications with workers after acceptance of application

(1)     After paragraph 19B of Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act (which is inserted by section 4) insert—

“Union communications with workers after acceptance of application

19C

(1)     This paragraph applies if the CAC accepts an application under paragraph 11(2) or 12(2) or (4).

(2)     The union (or unions) may apply to the CAC for the appointment of a suitable independent person to handle communications during the initial period between the union (or unions) and the relevant workers.

(3)     In the case of an application under paragraph 11(2) or 12(2), the relevant workers are—

(a)     in relation to any time before an appropriate bargaining unit is agreed by the parties or decided by the CAC, those falling within the proposed bargaining unit, and

(b)     in relation to any time after an appropriate bargaining unit is so agreed or decided, those falling within the bargaining unit agreed or decided upon.

(4)     In the case of an application under paragraph 12(4), the relevant workers are those falling within the bargaining unit agreed by the parties.

(5)     The initial period is the period starting with the day on which the CAC informs

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