The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 No. 2833

SCHEDULE 3 Minor, consequential and supplemental provisions

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

117.  In section 28J (procedure)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) after “Regulations may” insert “, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers,”;

(ii) in paragraph (a) before “Tribunal” insert “Welsh”; and

(iii) in paragraph (b) after “claim” insert “to the Welsh Tribunal”;

(b) in subsection (2)(b) and (k) before “Tribunal” insert “Welsh”;

(c) omit subsection (2A);

(d) in subsection (3) omit “the Tribunal or”;

(e) in subsection (5)—

(i) after “State may” insert “, with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers,”; and

(ii) omit “the Tribunal or”;

(f) omit subsection (6);

(g) in subsection (7) omit “the Tribunal or”;

(h) in subsection (8)(b) for “Tribunal” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;

(i) after subsection (9) insert—

“(9A) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement which—

(a) is imposed by Tribunal Procedure Rules in relation to claims of unlawful discrimination under this Chapter made to the First-tier Tribunal, and

(b) corresponds to a requirement mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b),

is guilty of an offence.”; and

(j) in subsection (10) after “subsection (9)” insert “or (9A)”.