Employment Tribunals Act 1996

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s. 21(1) text amended by S.I. 2009/2401 reg. 36
s. 21(1)(a)(b)(c) repealed by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(a) Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
s. 21(1)(e) repealed by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(a) Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
s. 21(1)(l) repealed by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(a) Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
s. 21(1)(m) repealed by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(a) Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
s. 21(1)(s) repealed by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(a) Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as inserted/substituted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 2
s. 21(1)(t) text amended by S.I. 2008/1660 Sch. 3 para. 1(b)(i)
s. 21(1)(v) text amended by S.I. 2010/493 reg. 17(5)(a)
s. 21(1)(w) and word inserted by S.I. 2009/2401 reg. 36
s. 21(1)(w) text amended by S.I. 2010/93 Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(i)
s. 21(1)(x) and word inserted by S.I. 2010/493 reg. 17(5)(b)
s. 21(1)(y) and word inserted by S.I. 2010/93 Sch. 2 para. 8(b)(ii)
s. 21(1)(gd) inserted by 2008 c. 30 s. 59
s. 21(1)(ge) inserted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 32(b) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5

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Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/1907 reg. 16(2)(c) Sch. 2
Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/875 reg. 16 Sch. 2

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S.I. 2003/392 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 21)
S.I. 2003/938 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 21)
S.I. 2003/962 art. 2(3) (4) Sch. 1 2 commences (2002 c. 21)
S.I. 2004/3342 art. 4(a) commences (2004 c. 24)
S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2(a) Sch. 1 para. 11(v) commences (2005 c. 4)
S.I. 2007/2603 art. 2(d) commences (2006 c. 3)
S.I. 2008/787 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 5)
S.I. 2008/2696 art. 2 5 6 commences (2007 c. 15)
S.I. 2008/3232 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 24)
S.I. 2009/603 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 24)
S.I. 2010/303 art. 2-7 Sch. 1-6 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2011/882 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2010/303 art. 7 Sch. 6
S.I. 2012/1682 art. 2 Sch. 2 commences (2008 c. 30)
2009 No. 1 Instrument made by Archbishops commences (2009 No. 1)

21 Jurisdiction of Appeal Tribunal.E+W+S

(1)An appeal lies to the Appeal Tribunal on any question of law arising from any decision of, or arising in any proceedings before, an [F1employment tribunal] under or by virtue of—

(a)M1 the Equal Pay Act 1970,

(b)M2 the Sex Discrimination Act 1975,

(c)M3 the Race Relations Act 1976,

(d)M4 the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

(e)M5 the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, F2. . .

(f)M6 the Employment Rights Act 1996 [F3F4. . .

[(fg)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F6(g)this Act,

(ga)the National Minimum Wage Act 1998,

(gb)the Employment Relations Act 1999,]

[F7(gc)the Equality Act 2006,]

[F8F9(h)the Working Time Regulations 1998, F10. . .

(i)the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999][F11F12. . .

(j)the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000][F13F14...

(k)the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002][F15F16...

(l)the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003][F17F18...

(m)the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003]

[F19(n)the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003][F8F20...

(o)the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004]

[F21[F22(p)]the Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004][F23F24...

(q)the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004][F25, F26...

(r)the Schedule to the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006][F27F28...

(s)the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006][F29, F30...

(t)the European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006[F31 or

(u)the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007.]

(2)No appeal shall lie except to the Appeal Tribunal from any decision of an [F1employment tribunal] under or by virtue of the Acts listed [F32or the Regulations referred to] in subsection (1).

(3)Subsection (1) does not affect any provision contained in, or made under, any Act which provides for an appeal to lie to the Appeal Tribunal (whether from an [F1employment tribunal], the Certification Officer or any other person or body) otherwise than on a question to which that subsection applies.

[F33(4)The Appeal Tribunal also has any jurisdiction in respect of matters other than appeals which is conferred on it by or under—

(a)the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

(b)this Act, or

(c)any other Act.]]]

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F1Words in s. 21 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F2Word in s. 21(1)(e) repealed (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch. 2; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F3S. 21(1)(g) and word “or" immediately preceding inserted (retrospectively) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 15, 17(3), Sch. 1 para. 17(1)(2)

F4Word at the end of s. 21(1)(f) repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 39, s. 53, Sch. 3 (with s. 36); S.I. 1998/2574, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F5S. 21(1)(fg) inserted (5.10.1999) by 1999 c. 10, ss. 7, 19(4), 20(2), Sch. 3 para. 5, Sch. 6 and repealed (6.4.2003) by 2002 c. 21, ss. 60, 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(e), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3, 4)