The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2351

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made

7th September 2004

Laid before Parliament

9th September 2004

Coming into force

1st October 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 4(6), and (6A), 7(1), (3), (5), 9(1), 10(7) and 41(4) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996(1), and paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 1998(2), and paragraph 37 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998(3) and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:–

(1)

1996 c. 17; by virtue of section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) industrial tribunals were renamed employment tribunals and references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment were substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”. Section 4(6) was amended by paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 and section 4(6A) was inserted by section 3(6) of that Act. Section 7 was interpreted by section 239(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), as inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26). Paragraph 7(3)(f)(i) was repealed by paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 and paragraph 7(3)(f)(i) was inserted by section 24(1) of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22). Section 7(3A) was inserted by section 2 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 and that section was then substituted by section 26 of the Employment Act 2002. Section 10 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26). Section 13(1) was substituted by subsections (1) and (1A) to (1C) by section 22(1) of the Employment Act 2002. Section 13(2) was amended by paragraph 4 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations Act 1999.

(2)

1998 c. 38.

(3)

1998 c. 46.

(4)

1992 c. 53.