Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Illegal Strikes and Lock-Outs in Essential Services
12. Protection of persons refusing to take part in illegal strikes or lock‑outs
Feedback & supportNo person refusing to take part or to continue to take part in any strike or lock‑out which is by this Part declared to be illegal shall be, by reason of the refusal, subject to expulsion from any trade union or society, or to any fine or penalty, or to the deprivation of any right or benefit to which he or his legal personal representatives would otherwise be entitled, or be liable to be placed in any respect, directly or indirectly, under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of a trade union or society notwithstanding.
strike
“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any essential service acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of a number of persons who are or who have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment;