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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36, s.45

Section 45 — Failure to reach an agreement

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2026-04-06

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) The appropriate authority may by regulations make provision about cases where a Negotiating Body is unable to reach an agreement about a matter.

(2) The provision that may be made by regulations under this section includes, among other things—

(a) provision for resolving disagreements about any matter;

(b) provision conferring functions on the appropriate authority or a person specified in the regulations;

(c) provision requiring the Negotiating Body to act in accordance with a decision of the appropriate authority or a person specified in the regulations.