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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36, s.88

Section 88 — Regulations subject to affirmative resolution procedure

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2026-01-06

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 .

In section 293 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (regulations), for subsection (3) substitute— (3) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument. (4) A statutory instrument containing regulations to which subsection (5) applies (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument is laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. (5) This subsection applies to regulations prescribing anything for the purposes of— (a) section 70ZC (access agreements: response period and negotiation period); (b) section 70ZE (access agreements: period to make application to Central Arbitration Committee); (c) section 70ZF (access agreements: determinations by Central Arbitration Committee); (d) section 70ZJ (enforcement of access agreements: amounts payable for breach); (e) section 236A (detriment for taking industrial action). (6) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.