The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Made22nd February 2005

Laid before Parliament3rd March 2005

Coming into force5th April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 4(6) and (6A), 7(1), (3) and (5), 9(1), 10(7) and 41(4) of the Employment Tribunals Act 19961, and paragraph 36 of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 19982, and paragraph 37 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 19983, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 19924, makes the following Regulations:–

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and they shall come into force on 5th April 2005.

Amendment2

In Rules 1(3) and 4(2) of Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 20045 for “6 April 2005” there shall be substituted “1st October 2005”.

Gerry SutcliffeParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Postal services and Consumers,Department of Trade and Industry22nd February 2005

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations come into force on 5 April 2005 and they amend the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 (S.I.2004/1861, amended by S.I.2004/2351) (“the main Regulations”). Their purpose is to change the date, from 6 April 2005 to 1 October 2005, on or after which all claims and responses to Employment Tribunals, other than in specified proceedings, must be presented on a form prescribed in accordance with Regulation 14 of the main Regulations.

No regulatory impact assessment has been undertaken because these Regulations will have no impact on the costs of business.