TRADE UNION ACT 1871 - SECT 4 Trade union contracts, when not enforceable.

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TRADE UNION ACT 1871 - SECT 4

Trade union contracts, when not enforceable.

4. Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal
proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering
damages for the breach of any of the following agreements, namely,

(1)Any agreement between members of a trade union as such, concerning the
conditions on which any members for the time being of such trade union shall
or shall not sell their goods, transact business, employ, or be employed:

(2)Any agreement for the payment by any person of any subscription or penalty
to a trade union:

(3)Any agreement for the application of the funds of a trade union

(a)To provide benefits to members; or

(b)To furnish contributions to any employer or workman not a member of such
trade union, in consideration of such employer or workman acting in conformity
with the rules or resolutions of such trade union; or

<(c)To discharge any fine imposed upon any person by sentence of a court of justice; or


(4)Any agreement [(other than a collective agreement within the meaning of
Article 2(2) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1976)] made
between one trade union and another; or

(5)Any bond to secure the performance of any of the above-mentioned
agreements.

Provisions of certain Acts not to apply to trade unions.

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TRADE UNION ACT 1871 - SECT 4