[172B Reserve powers in relation to facility time]

[172B  Reserve powers in relation to facility time]

[(1)     After the end of the period of three years beginning with the day on which the first regulations under section 172A come into force, a Minister of the Crown may exercise the reserve powers (see subsection (3)) if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so having regard to—

(a)     information published by employers in accordance with publication requirements;

(b)     the cost to public funds of facility time in relation to each of those employers;

(c)     the nature of the various undertakings carried on by those employers;

(d)     any particular features of those undertakings that are relevant to the reasonableness of the amount of facility time;

(e)     any other matters that the Minister thinks relevant.

(2)     The reserve powers may not be exercised so as to apply to any particular employer unless—

(a)     a Minister of the Crown has given notice in writing to the employer—

(i)     setting out the Minister's concerns about the amount of facility time in the employer's case, and

(ii)

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