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On Amendments 219 and 220, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, new Section 84A stipulates that a union must send opt-out information notices to members within eight weeks of passing a resolution under Section 73 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act to establish a political fund, and within eight weeks of every successive 10-year period thereafter. This mirrors the current arrangements around opt-out information notices, whereby unions are required to issue such notices within eight weeks of their annual return to the certification officer. It is reasonable to grant unions a grace period in which to distribute these reminders to their members, and the eight-week period follows existing precedent in the 1992 Act.