The Labour Relations Agency (Flexible Working) Arbitration Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 No. 206

SCHEDULE THE LABOUR RELATIONS AGENCY (FLEXIBLE WORKING) ARBITRATION SCHEME

VI ACCESS TO THE SCHEME

Requirements for entry into the Scheme

21.  Any agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration under the Scheme must satisfy the following requirements (an “Arbitration Agreement”):

(i) the agreement must be in writing;

(ii) the agreement must concern an existing dispute;

(iii) the agreement must not seek to alter or vary any provision of the Scheme;

(iv) the agreement must have been reached either:

(a) where the LRA has taken action under Article 20 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1)(a “Conciliated Settlement”); or

(b) through a compromise agreement, where the conditions regulating such agreements under the 1996 Order are satisfied (a “Compromise Agreement”);

(v) the agreement must be accompanied by a completed Waiver Form for each party, in the form of Appendix A.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1921 (N.I. 18); Article 20 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))