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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36, s.67

Section 67 — Blacklists: additional powers

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2026-02-18

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) Section 3 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (blacklists) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b), omit “by employers or employment agencies”.

(3) After subsection (2) insert— (2A) The Secretary of State may make regulations prohibiting— (a) the use of lists which contain details of members of trade unions, or persons who have taken part in the activities of trade unions, for the purposes of discrimination in relation to recruitment or in relation to the treatment of workers; (b) the sale or supply of such lists with a view to being used for those purposes.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) before paragraph (a) insert— (za) make provision for a person who causes another person to do something to be treated as doing that thing; ;

(b) in paragraph (e), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (2A)”.