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- s. 7A(2F) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 1(2)
- s. 7B(A1) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 4(2)
- s. 9(2ZA) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 5(5)
- s. 9(5) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 5(9)
- s. 10(10) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 6(4)
- s. 29A(11) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 1(3)
- s. 30A inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 19
- s. 37QA and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 35 s. 34(4)
- s. 37QB inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 24
- Sch. A1 para. 21A inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 1(4)
- Sch. A1 inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 5 para. 1
Part IIE+W+S Revocations
| Number | Title | Extent of revocation |
|---|---|---|
| S.I. 1983/1794. | The Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983. | Regulation 3(3) and (4). |
| S.I. 1995/2587. | The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 1995. | Regulation 12(3). |
| Regulation 13(3). | ||
| In Regulation 14(4), the words “, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 9 to,". |
TABLE OF DERIVATIONSE+W+S
Notes:E+W+S
1This Table shows the derivation of the provisions of the consolidation.
2E+W+SThe following abbreviations are used in the Table—
| EP(C)A | = Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44) |
| TULR(C)A | = Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52) |
| TURERA | = Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c.19) |
| Provision | Derivation |
|---|---|
| 1(1) | EP(C)A s.128(1). |
| (2) | |
| 2 | EP(C)A s.128(1). |
| 3(1) | EP(C)A s.131(1); TURERA s.38(a). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.131(2). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.131(3); TURERA s.38(b). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.131(6). |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.131(7); TURERA s.38(e). |
| (6) | EP(C)A s.131(7). |
| 4(1), (2) | EP(C)A s.128(2A), (2B); TURERA s.36(2). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.128(2C); TURERA s.36(2); Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48) Sch.8 para.11(2). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.128(2D); TURERA s.36(2). |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.128(2F); TURERA s.36(2). |
| (6), (7) | EP(C)A s.128(5), (6); TURERA s.36(3). |
| 5(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.9; Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.10; Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670); Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1794) Reg.3(4). |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.10; Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670). |
| 6(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.6. |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.4. |
| 7(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.128(4); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.16. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(2)(a) to (ga), (j); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.26; Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1794) Reg.3(3); Employment Act 1989 (c.38) Sch.6 para.26. |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(7); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48) ss.38, 46; Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1794) Reg.3(3); Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40) Sch.1. |
| (5) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(6); TURERA s.40(3). |
| (6) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.5. |
| 8(1) | EP(C)A s.131(4). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.131(4A); TURERA s.38(c). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.131(5). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.131(5A); TURERA s.38(d). |
| 9(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1A(1); Employment Act 1989 (c.38) s.20; TURERA Sch.8 para.28(b). |
| (2), (3) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1A(2), (3); Employment Act 1989 (c.38) s.20. |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1B; TURERA Sch.8 para.28(c). |
| 10(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(4A); TURERA Sch.7 para.6(a). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(5); TULR(C)A Sch.3 para.1(4). |
| (3) | EP(C)A ss.138(7)(e), 139(1)(d), 139A(3)(a); TURERA Sch.7 para.11. |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.2(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.24(1), (2). |
| (5) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.2(2); TURERA Sch.7 para.6(b); Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 1995/2587) Reg.14(4). |
| (6) | EP(C)A ss.138(7)(c), 139(1)(c). |
| 11(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(5A); TURERA s.40(2). |
| (2) to (5) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(8) to (11); TURERA s.40(4). |
| (6) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(5A), (8); TURERA s.40(2), (4); Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40) s.2(4). |
| 12 | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) s.62. |
| 13(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(2)(h), (i). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(4); TURERA Sch.8 para.28(a). |
| 14 | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.6A; Employment Act 1982 (c.46) Sch.3 Pt.I para.7. |
| 15(1) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.7(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.7(2); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.27. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.7(3). |
| 16(1) | Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c.2) Sch.5A para.16; EP(C)A s.132(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.19; TURERA Sch.8 para.19; Sunday Trading Act 1994 (c.20) Sch.4 para.16; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40) Sch.8. |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.132(2). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.132(2); Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) Sch.10 Pt.II para.50(a); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(2). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.132(3)(a); Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) Sch.10 Pt.II para.50(b)(i); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(2). |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.132(3)(b) to (f); Social Security Act 1980 (c.30) Sch.4 para.13; Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41) Sch.8 Pt.I para.1; Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) Sch.10 Pt.II para.50(b); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(2), (3). |
| (6) | EP(C)A s.132(3)(g). |
| 17(1) | EP(C)A s.132(4); Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) Sch.10 Pt.II para.50(c); Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c.6) Sch.2 para.50(1); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(2), (4). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.132(5); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(2). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.132(6). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.132(6); Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) Sch.2 para.2(5). |
| 18(1) | Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c.2) Sch.5A para.21; Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65) s.64(1); Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74) s.55(1); EP(C)A ss.133(1), 134(1); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.17; Wages Act 1986 (c.48) Sch.4 para.9; TULR(C)A s.290; TURERA Sch.8 paras.20, 86; Sunday Trading Act 1994 (c.20) Sch.4 para.21; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40) Sch.8; Pensions Act 1995 (c.26) Sch.3 para.8; Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.3 para.1; Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 1995/2587) Regs.12(3), 13(3). |
| (2) | Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65) s.64(1); Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74) s.55(1); EP(C)A ss.133(2), (4), 134(1); Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.3 para.1(1). |
| (3) | Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65) s.64(2); Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74) s.55(2); EP(C)A ss.133(3), (4), 134(3); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.18; Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.3 para.1(2). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.134(2). |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.134(3); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.18. |
| (6) | Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65) s.64(3); Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74) s.55(3); EP(C)A ss.133(5), 134(4); Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.3 para.1(3). |
| (7) | Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65) s.64(4); Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74) s.55(4); EP(C)A ss.133(6), 134(5); Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.3 para.1(4). |
| (8) | EP(C)A s.133(7). |
| 19 | EP(C)A Sch.9 para.1(3). |
| 20(1) | EP(C)A s.135(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 paras.13, 14. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.12. |
| 21(1) | Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c.2) Sch.5A para.16; EP(C)A s.136(1); Wages Act 1986 (c.48) Sch.4 para.10; TULR(C)A s.291(2); Sunday Trading Act 1994 (c.20) Sch.4 para.16; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c.40) Sch.8; Pensions Act 1995 (c.26) Sch.3 para.9; Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) Sch.6 para.2. |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.136(5); TULR(C)A s.291(3). |
| (3) | |
| 22(1) | EP(C)A s.135(2). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.135(3); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.20. |
| (3), (4) | EP(C)A s.135(4), (5). |
| 23(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.4. |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 paras.5, 6. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.7. |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.9. |
| (5) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.11. |
| 24(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.8(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.8(2); Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54) Sch.5, entry relating to EP(C)A. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.10. |
| 25(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.1. |
| (2), (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.2; Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) Sch.6 para.30. |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.3. |
| 26 | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.24; Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/269). |
| 27(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.25; Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670); Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/269). |
| (2) to (4) | EP(C)A Sch.11 paras.26 to 28; Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670). |
| 28(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.15. |
| (2) to (5) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.16; TURERA s.37. |
| 29(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.20. |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.22(1). |
| 30(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.17(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.18; Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.28; Employment Act 1982 (c.46) Sch.3 Pt.I para.8(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.25(a); TURERA Sch.7 para.7, Sch.8 paras.29, 30. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.17(2). |
| 31(1) to (6) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.18A(1) to (6); TURERA s.41. |
| (7) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.18A(7); TURERA s.41. |
| (8) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.18A(7); TURERA s.41; Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40) s.2(4). |
| 32(1), (2) | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) s.63(1), (2). |
| (3) to (6) | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) ss.62(3) to (6), 63(3). |
| (7) | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) s.63(4), (5). |
| (8) | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) ss.62(7), 63(6). |
| 33(1) to (4) | EP(C)A s.136A(1) to (4); TURERA s.42. |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.136A(6); TURERA s.42. |
| 34 | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.19. |
| 35 | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.21. |
| 36(1) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.21A(1); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.29; TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.25(b). |
| (2) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.21A(2); Employment Act 1980 (c.42) Sch.1 para.29. |
| (3) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.21A(3); Employment Act 1982 (c.46) Sch.3 Pt.I para.9; TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.25(b). |
| (4) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.22(2). |
| (5) | EP(C)A Sch.11 para.23(2). |
| 37(1), (2) | EP(C)A s.136(4). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.136A(5); TURERA s.42. |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.136(4). |
| 38(1), (2) | EP(C)A s.138(1), (2). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.138(7)(a), (b). |
| (4) | EP(C)A ss.138(3), 138A(2)(b); TURERA s.31; Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c.14) Sch.10 para.17. |
| 39(1) | EP(C)A ss.139(1), 139A(1); TURERA Sch.7 para.11. |
| (2) | EP(C)A ss.139(2), 139A(2); TURERA Sch.7 para.11. |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.139(1)(a), (b). |
| (4) | EP(C)A s.139A(5); TURERA Sch.7 para.11. |
| (5) | EP(C)A s.139(3) to (9). |
| 40(1) | EP(C)A s.149(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.149(2). |
| 41(1) | EP(C)A ss.154(1). |
| (2) | EP(C)A ss.128(2E), 131(8), 138A((6), 149(4); TURERA ss.31(2), 36(2). |
| (3), (4) | EP(C)A s.154(2), (3). |
| 42(1) | |
| “Appeal Tribunal" | |
| “Appeal Tribunal procedure rules" | |
| “appointed member" | |
| “conciliation officer" | |
| “contract of employment", “employee", “employer" | EP(C)A s.153(1). |
| “employers’ association" | EP(C)A s.153(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.21(2)(a). |
| “employment", “employed", “statutory provision" | EP(C)A s.153(1). |
| “industrial tribunal procedure rules" | |
| “successor" | EP(C)A s.153(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.21(2)(d). |
| “trade union" | EP(C)A s.153(1); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.21(2)(f). |
| (2) | EP(C)A s.153(4A); TULR(C)A Sch.2 para.21(3). |
| (3) | EP(C)A s.153(4). |
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