SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Consequential amendments

The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)

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In section 111 of the 1992 Act (provision of assistance by that Commissioner), for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

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Where assistance is provided with respect to the conduct of proceedings—

a

it shall include an agreement by the Commissioner to indemnify the applicant (subject only to any exceptions specified in the notification) in respect of any liability to pay costs or expenses arising by virtue of any judgment or order of the court in the proceedings,

b

it may include an agreement by the Commissioner to indemnify the applicant in respect of any liability to pay costs or expenses arising by virtue of any compromise or settlement arrived at in order to avoid the proceedings or bring the proceedings to an end, and

c

it may include an agreement by the Commissioner to indemnify the applicant in respect of any liability to pay damages pursuant to an undertaking given on the grant of interlocutory relief (in Scotland, an interim order) to the applicant.