Employment Tribunals Act 1996
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (1996 c. 17)
- Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (1996 c. 17)
- PART I Employment Tribunals
- Introductory
- 1 Employment tribunals
- Jurisdiction
- 2 Enactments conferring jurisdiction on employment tribunals.
- 3 Power to confer further jurisdiction on employment tribunals.
- Membership etc.
- 3A Meaning of “Employment Judge”
- 4 Composition of tribunals.
- 5 Remuneration, fees and allowances.
- 5A Training etc.
- 5B Members of employment tribunals: removal from office
- 5C Oaths
- 5D Judicial assistance
- Procedure
- 6 Conduct of hearings.
- 7 Practice and procedure: general
- 7A Practice directions
- 7B Mediation
- 8 Procedure in contract cases.
- 9 Preliminary hearings.
- 10 National security.
- 10A Confidential information.
- 10B Restriction of publicity in cases involving national security.
- 11 Restriction of publicity in cases involving sexual misconduct.
- 12 Restriction of publicity in disability cases.
- Financial penalties
- 12A Financial penalties
- Costs etc, interest and enforcement
- 13 Costs and expenses.
- 13A Payments in respect of preparation time
- 14 Interest.
- 15 Enforcement.
- Recoupment of social security benefits
- 16 Power to provide for recoupment of benefits.
- 17 Recoupment: further provisions.
- Conciliation
- 18 Conciliation : relevant proceedings etc..
- 18A Requirement to contact ACAS before instituting proceedings
- 18B Conciliation before institution of proceedings: other ACAS duties
- 18C Conciliation after institution of proceedings
- 19 Conciliation procedure.
- 19A Conciliation: recovery of sums payable under settlements
- Part II The Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Introductory
- 20 The Appeal Tribunal.
- Jurisdiction
- 21 Jurisdiction of Appeal Tribunal.
- Membership etc.
- 22 Membership of Appeal Tribunal.
- 23 Temporary membership.
- 24 Temporary additional judicial membership.
- 24A Training etc. of members of Appeal Tribunal
- 24B Oaths
- 25 Tenure of appointed members.
- 26 Staff.
- 27 Remuneration, pensions and allowances.
- 28 Composition of Appeal Tribunal.
- Procedure
- 29 Conduct of hearings.
- 29A Practice directions
- 30 Appeal Tribunal procedure rules.
- 31 Restriction of publicity in cases involving sexual misconduct.
- 32 Restriction of publicity in disability cases.
- 33 Restriction of vexatious proceedings.
- 34 Costs and expenses
- Decisions and further appeals
- 35 Powers of Appeal Tribunal.
- 36 Enforcement of decisions etc.
- 37 Appeals from Appeal Tribunal.
- 37ZA Appeals to Supreme Court: grant of certificate by Appeal Tribunal
- 37ZB Appeals to Supreme Court: permission to appeal
- 37ZC Appeals to Supreme Court: exclusions
- PART 2A Financial penalties for failure to pay sums ordered to be paid or settlement sums
- 37A Sums to which financial penalty can relate
- 37B Financial award: unpaid amount
- 37C Settlement sum: unpaid amount
- 37D Unpaid amount of relevant sum: further provision
- 37E Warning notice
- 37F Penalty notice
- 37G Appeal against penalty notice
- 37H Interest and recovery
- 37I Withdrawal of warning notice
- 37J Withdrawal of penalty notice
- 37K Replacement penalty notice
- 37L Effect of replacement penalty notice
- 37M Enforcement officers
- 37N Power to amend Part 2A
- 37O Modification in particular cases
- 37P Giving of notices
- 37Q Financial penalties for non-payment: interpretation
- Part III General and Supplementary
- Procedure Rules
- 37QA Procedure Rules
- 37QB Power to amend legislation in connection with Procedure Rules
- Crown employment and Parliamentary staff
- 38 Crown employment.
- 39 Parliamentary staff.
- General
- 40 Power to amend Act.
- 41 Orders, regulations and rules.
- 42 Interpretation.
- Final provisions
- 43 Consequential amendments.
- 44 Transitionals, savings and transitory provisions.
- 45 Repeals and revocations.
- 46 Commencement.
- 47 Extent.
- 48 Short title.
- SCHEDULES
- Schedule A1 Procedure Rules
- Part 1 Objectives
- Part 2 Content of Procedure Rules
- Delegation of functions to staff
- Time limits
- Determining where to start proceedings
- Repeat applications
- Tribunal acting of its own initiative
- Hearings
- Proceedings without notice
- Representation
- Intervention by Secretary of State
- Evidence, witnesses and attendance
- Use of information
- Set-off
- Reconsideration or review of decisions
- Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions on procedural grounds
- Registration and proof of decisions
- Ancillary powers
- Rules may refer to practice directions
- Presumptions
- Differential provision
- Part 3 Supplementary provision
- Procedure for making Procedure Rules
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments
- The Transport Act 1968 (c.73)
- The Transport Holding Company Act 1972 (c.14)
- The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
- The Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)
- The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c.3)
- The Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c.20)
- The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
- The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52)
- The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c.53)
- The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8)
- The Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48)
- The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)
- SCHEDULE 2 Transitional provisions, savings and transitory provisions
- Part I Transitional provisions and savings
- Part II Transitory provisions
- Disability discrimination
- Jobseeker’s allowance
- Armed forces
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals and revocations
- Part I Repeals
- Part II Revocations
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
- Notes:
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