Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to repeal the Industrial Relations Act 1971; to make provision with respect to the law relating to trades union, employers' associations, workers and employers, including the law relating to unfair dismissal, and with respect to the jurisdiction and procedure of industrial tribunals; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1974 c. 52
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1974
Other legislation
Repealed by	Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (c. 52) (TULRA) was a UK Act of Parliament (now repealed) on industrial relations.

The Act contains rules on the functioning and legal status of trade unions, the presumption that a collective agreement is not binding, and immunity of unions who take strike action in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute. Together with the Employment Protection Act 1975,^[1] TULRA formed the basis of the Labour Party's employment law programme under the "Social Contract" initiative.