Employment Relations Act 1999 ss.24 and 25 and TRADE UNION AND LABOUR RELATIONS (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1992 ss.259-265
The CAC has had a new greatly enhanced role since 6th June 2000 when the Employment Relations Act 1999 s.25 came into force (in connection with recognition of trade unions by employers for collective bargaining purposes - see notes at Trade union matters/recognition ).
The CAC also handles disputes concerning the adequacy of information given to employees to decide whether a new european style Works Council is required and, from 6th April 2005, the adequacy of information supplied to a "domestic" Works Council (see the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 SI 1999/3323 and notes at Consultation with employees/Information and Consultation regulations 2004 ).
There is a detailed description of the CAC's duties on the CAC web-site at www.cac.gov.uk/cac_statutory_duties/cac_statutory.htm.
A High Court judge (Mr Justice Burton) is CAC chairman. Its address is PO Box 51547, London SE1 1ZG (tel: 020 7904 2300 and fax: 020 7904 2301. Mr Justice Burton continues as chairman of the CAC even though he was appointed also to be President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal on 1st October 2002 (see 2002/07/22 - LCD Press Release 229/02).
Until 2000, the main recent function of the CAC had been to deal with complaints by trade unions that an employer had failed to disclose information properly required eg for collective bargaining or selection for redundancy purposes (pursuant to TULRCA 1992 s.181).
See also notes at Trade union matters/recognition .