Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993

38 Extension of power to confer on industrial tribunals jurisdiction in respect of contracts of employment etc

In section 131 of the 1978 Act (power to confer on industrial tribunals jurisdiction in respect of claims for damages for breach of contract of employment and similar claims)—

(a) for subsection (1) (appropriate Minister to have power to make order in respect of claims satisfying certain conditions) there shall be substituted—

“(1) The appropriate Minister may by order provide that proceedings in respect of—

(a) any claim to which this section applies, or

(b) any such claim of a description specified in the order,

may, subject to such exceptions (if any) as may be specified in the order, be brought before an industrial tribunal.”,

(b) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) This section does not apply to a claim for damages, or for a sum due, in respect of personal injuries.”,

(c) after subsection (4) (tribunal to order payment of amount which it finds due) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) An order under this section may provide that an industrial tribunal shall not in proceedings in respect of a claim, or a number of claims relating to the same contract, order the payment of an amount exceeding such sum as may be specified in the order as the maximum amount which a tribunal may order to be paid in relation to a claim or in relation to a contract.”,

(d) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(5A) An order under this section may make different provision in relation to proceedings in respect of different descriptions of claims.”, and

(e) in subsection (7), in the definition of “appropriate Minister”, for the words “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “Lord Advocate”.