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Industrial Relations Act 1996
304Illegality on grounds of restraint of trade excluded
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#### 304 Illegality on grounds of restraint of trade excluded
304 Illegality on grounds of restraint of trade excluded
(cf The Trade Union Act 1871 (UK), secs 2–4, Industrial Relations Act 1971 (UK), sec 135)
> The purposes of a trade union are not, by reason only that they are in restraint of trade, unlawful, so as—
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> > (a) to make any member of the trade union liable to criminal proceedings for conspiracy or otherwise, or
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> > (b) to make any agreement or trust void or voidable.