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Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill

My hon. Friend has a legal background, and I do not. The case being made by Labour Members seems to be that they do not think that judges should interpret the law, and that the law should be clear and straightforward. The Bill seems to be throwing us out of the frying pan into the fire, however, because it says that a judge has to accept a ballot if there has been ““substantial compliance”” with the provision in question. Can my hon. Friend tell me, in legal terms, whether there is a legal definition of ““substantial compliance””? For example, would 51% compliance count as ““substantial””, or would it need to be 60% or 80%? Or are we going to go straight back to having judges deciding what is substantial and what is not?