Employment Protection Act 1975
Part I Machinery for Promoting the Improvement of Industrial Relations
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, etc.
1 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
2 Conciliation.
3 Arbitration.
4 Advice.
5 Inquiry.
6 Codes of Practice.
7 Certification Officer.
8 Certification as independent trade union.
9 Custody of documents.
10 Central Arbitration Committee.
11—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disclosure of information
17 General duty of employers to disclose information.
18 Restrictions on general duty under s. 17.
19 Complaint of failure to disclose information.
20 Further complaint arising from failure to disclose information.
21 Determination of claim and award.
Part II
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Part III
89—96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Powers of Agricultural Wages Boards
97 Amendments of Agricultural Wages Acts.
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Part IV Procedure for Handling Redundancies
99 Duty of employer to consult trade union representatives on redundancy.
100 Duty of employer to notify Secretary of State of certain redundancies.
101 Complaint by trade union and protective award.
102 Entitlement under protective award.
103 Complaint by employee to industrial tribunal.
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105 Offence and proceedings.
106 Supplementary.
107 Power to adapt foregoing provisions in case of collective agreements on redundancies.
Part V Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
108 General provisions as to industrial tribunals and conciliation officers.
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110 Death of employee or employer.
111 Disentitlement to unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit during trade dispute.
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113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114 Amendments of the Employment Agencies Act 1973.
115 Amendments of the Employment and Training Act 1973.
116 Amendments of the Health and Safety at work etc. Act 1974.
117 Offences by bodies corporate.
118 Restrictions on contracting out.
119 Excluded classes of employment.
120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121 Application to Crown.
122 Application of employment legislation to House of Commons staff.
123 Orders, rules and regulations.
124 Financial provisions.
125 Minor and consequential amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.
126 Interpretation.
126A Meaning of trade dispute.
127 Power to extend employment legislation.
128 Northern Ireland.
129 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Part I Constitution Etc. of Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and its Council
The Council
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Staff
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Supplemental
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Part II Central Arbitration Committee
Constitution
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Proceedings
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Awards
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Supplemental
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Part III Supplementary Provisions
Remuneration and allowances
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Sums payable on retirement
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Expenses of hearings before the Certification Officer
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Expenses
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Accounts
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SCHEDULES 2—6
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SCHEDULES 7—8
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SCHEDULE 9Amendments of Agricultural Wages Act 1948
Part I Section 3, AS SUBSTITUTED
3 Power of Agricultural Wages Board to fix wages, holidays and other terms and conditions.
Part II Minor and Consequential Amendments
1In section 4(1) (enforcement) after paragraph (c) there shall be...
2(1) In section 5 (permits to incapacitated persons) after subsection...
3(1) In section 11(1) (void agreements) at the end add...
4(1) In section 12(3)(a) (inspection of records), at the end...
5The provisions specified in column 1 of the following Table...
6In paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 (power to vary and...
SCHEDULE 10Amendments of Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949
Part 1 Section 3, As Substituted
3 Power of Scottish Agricultural Wages Board to fix rates of wages and holidays.
Part II Minor and Consequential Amendments
1In section 4(1) (enforcement), after paragraph (c) there shall be...
2(1) In section 5 (permits to infirm and incapacitated persons),...
3(1) In section 11(1) (void agreements), at end there shall...
4(1) In section 12(3)(a) (inspection of records), at the end...
5The provisions specified in column 1 of the following Table...
6In paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 (power to vary and...
SCHEDULE 11
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SCHEDULE 12
Part I General
Introductory
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Institution or continuance of tribunal proceedings
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Rights and liabilities accruing after death
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Death during protected period
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Part II
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SCHEDULE 13 Amendments of the Employment Agencies Act 1973
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5Section 8 is hereby repealed.
6(1) In section 9(1) for the words “of a licensing...
7In section 13(1), the definition of “licensing authority” is hereby...
Schedule 14 Amendments of the Employment and Training Act 1973
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3After section 13(1) insert the following subsection:—
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Schedule 15 Amendments of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974
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2In section 2, omit subsection (5) and in subsection (7)...
3After section 10(7) insert the following subsection:—
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9In section 28, after subsection (8) insert the following subsection—...
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12In section 43, in subsection (3) omit the words “the...
13In section 44, in subsection (1) omit the words “agricultural...
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16(1) In section 50, for subsection (1) substitute—
17In section 52, for subsections (3) and (4) substitute—
18(1) In section 53, in subsection (1) omit the definitions...
19In section 80, for subsections (4) to (6) substitute—
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SCHEDULE 16 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Parts I, II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part III
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Part IV Miscellaneous Amendments
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Trade Union Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5 c. 30)
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Industrial Courts Act 1919 (c. 69)
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Road Haulage Wages Act 1938 (c. 44)
4(1) The Road Haulage Wages Act 1938 shall be amended...
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Public Records Act 1958(c.51)
6In Part 11 of the Table at the end of...
Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16)
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Education (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 47)
9(1) The Education (Scotland) Act 1962 shall be amended in...
Trade Union (Amalgamations, etc.) Act 1964 (c. 24)
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Remuneration of Teachers Act 1965 (c. 3)
11(1) The Remuneration of Teachers Act 1965 shall be amended...
Remuneration of Teachers (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 36)
12(1) The Remuneration of Teachers (Scotland) Act 1967 shall be...
Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41)
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House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
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Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60)
17After section 31(8) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975...
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
18(1) The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 shall be amended in...
SCHEDULE 17 Transitional Provisions
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12An order under . . . section 3 of the...
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14Where any provision of this Act increases the penalty for...
15The repeals effected by section 111 above—
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18Any enactment or document which refers, whether specifically or by...
19Nothing in this Schedule shall be construed as prejudicing sections...
SCHEDULE 18 Enactments Repealed

Employment Protection Act 1975

1975 c.71

An Act to establish machinery for promoting the improvement of industrial relations; to amend the law relating to workers’ rights and otherwise to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers’ associations; to provide for the establishment and operation of a Maternity Pay Fund; to provide for the extension of the jurisdiction ofF1 employment tribunals; to amend the law relating to entitlement to and recoupment of unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit; to amend the Employment Agencies Act 1973 as respects the exercise of licensing functions under that Act; to amend the Employment and Training Act 1973 as respects the status of bodies established, and the powers of the Secretary of State, under that Act; to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as respects the appointment of safety representatives, health and safety at work in agriculture, the status of bodies established and the disclosure of information obtained under that Act; to provide for the extension of employment legislation to certain parliamentary staff and to certain areas outside Great Britain; and for connected purposes.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch.