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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 64

64.(1) An act done after the coming into operation of this Article by a person
in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in
tort on the ground only

(a)that it induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces
any other person to interfere with its performance; or

(b)that it consists in his threatening that a contract (whether one to which
he is a party or not) will be broken or its performance interfered with, or
that he will induce another person to break a contract or to interfere with
its performance.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that an act done by a
person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute is not actionable in
tort on the ground only that it is an interference with the trade, business or
employment of another person, or with the right of another person to dispose
of his capital or his labour as he wills.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that

(a)an act which by reason of paragraph (1) or (2) is itself not actionable;

(b)a breach of contract in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute;

(4) An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure the
doing of any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not
be actionable in tort if the act is one which, if done without any such
agreement or combination, would not be actionable in tort.

Art.65 rep. by 1978 c.6 s.3(7)

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