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Introductory Text
1.Citation, commencement and revocation
2.Interpretation
3.Overriding objective
4.Establishment of Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland
5.Panels of members of the Tribunal
6.Composition of tribunals
7.Practice directions
8.Power to prescribe
9.Calculation of time limits
10.Application of Schedules 1-3 to proceedings
11.Register
12.Proof of decisions of tribunals
13.Transitional provisions
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE
How to bring a claim
1.Starting a claim
Acceptance of claim procedure
2.What the tribunal does after receiving the claim
3.When the claim will not be accepted by the Secretary
Response
4.Responding to the claim
Acceptance of response procedure
5.What the tribunal does after receiving the response
6.When the response will not be accepted by the Secretary
Consequences of a response not being presented or accepted
7.Default judgements
8.Taking no further part in the proceedings
Case management
9.General power to manage proceedings
10.Applications in proceedings
11.Chairman acting on his own initiative
12.Compliance with orders and practice directions
Different types of hearing
13.Hearings – general
14.Use of electronic communications
15.Hearings which may be held in private
Case management discussions
16.Conduct of case management discussions
Pre-hearing reviews
17.Conduct of pre-hearing reviews
18.Notice requirements
Payment of a deposit
19.Requirement to pay a deposit in order to continue with proceedings
Conciliation
20.Documents to be sent to conciliators
Withdrawal of proceedings
21.Right to withdraw proceedings
The hearing
22.Hearings
23.What happens at the hearing
Orders, decisions and reasons
24.Orders and decisions
25.Form and content of decisions
26.Reasons
27.Absence of chairman
28.Entry of decisions and reasons in the Register
Power to review decisions
29.Review of default judgements
30.Review of other decisions
31.Preliminary consideration of application for review
32.The review
33.Correction of orders, decisions or reasons
Costs orders
34.General powers to make costs orders
35.When a costs order may be made
36.The amount of a costs order
Preparation time orders
37.General power to make preparation time orders
38.When a preparation time order may be made
39.Calculation of a preparation time order
40.Restriction on making costs orders and preparation time orders
41.Costs or preparation time orders when a deposit has been taken
Wasted costs orders against representatives
42.Personal liability of representatives for costs
Powers in relation to specific types of proceedings
43.Devolution issues
44.References to the European Court of Justice
45.Transfer of proceedings from a court
General provisions
46.Powers
47.Notices, etc.
SCHEDULE 2
FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (APPEALS) RULES OF PROCEDURE
1.Application of Schedule 1
2.Notice of appeal
3.Action on receipt of appeal
4.Withdrawal of appeal
5.Provisions of Schedule 1 which do not apply to appeals against a direction or notice of refusal
6.Modification of Schedule 1
SCHEDULE 3
FAIR EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL (ENFORCEMENT) RULES OF PROCEDURE
2.Notice of application
3.Action on receipt of application
4.Application to enforce, revoke or vary an order
5.Withdrawal of application
6.Provisions of Schedule 1 which do not apply to applications for enforcement
7.Modification of Schedule 1
Explanatory Note