(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 F3[F4. . .
[(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,]
F8[F9(h)the Working Time Regulations 1998, F10. . .
(i)the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999]F11[F12. . .
(j)the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000]F13[F14. . .
(k)the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002]F15[F16. . .
(l)the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003]F17[F18. . .
(m)the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003]
[F19(n)the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003]F20[F9. . .
(o)the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004]
[F21[F22(p)]the Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004]F23[F24. . .
(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]F27[F28. . .
(s)the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006][F29, F30. . .
(t)the European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006 [F31F32...
(u)the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007.][F33, or
(v)the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008]
(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 [F34or 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.
[F35(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.]]]
Textual Amendments
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
F3Word 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
F4S. 21(1)(g) and word “or" immediately preceding inserted (retrospectively) by 1998 c. 8, ss. 15, 17(3), Sch. 1 para. 17(1)(2)
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)
F6S. 21(1)(g)(ga)(gb) substituted (1.10.2004) for s. 21(1)(ff)(g) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 38, 59; S.I. 2004/2566, art. 3(a)
F7S. 21(1)(gc) inserted (30.4.2007) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), ss. 40, 93, Sch. 3 para. 57; S.I. 2007/1092, art. 2(e)
F8S. 21(1)(h)(i) substituted (15.1.2000) for words at the end of subsection (1) by S.I. 1999/3323, reg. 35(3)
F9S. 21(1)(o) and preceding word inserted (8.10.2004) by The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2326), reg. 49
F10Word at the end of s. 21(1)(h) omitted (1.7.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1551, reg. 10, Sch. para. 1(b)(i)
F11Word at the end of s. 21(1)(i) omitted (1.10.2002) by virtue of S.I. 2002/2034, reg. 11 Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(i)
F12S. 21(1)(j) and word “or" immediately preceding it inserted (1.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/1551, reg. 10, Sch. para. 1(b)(ii)
F13Word at the end of s. 21(1)(j) omitted (1.12.2003) by virtue of The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1661), reg. 39, Sch. 5 para. 1(b)(i)
F14S. 21(1)(k) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2034, reg. 11 Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(ii)
F15Word at the end of s. 21(1)(k) omitted (2.12.2003) by virtue of The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1660), reg. 39(2), Sch. 5 para. 1(b)(i)
F16S. 21(1)(l) and preceding word inserted (1.12.2003) by The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1661), reg. 39, Sch. 5 para. 1(b)(ii)
F17Word at the end of s. 21(1)(l) omitted (24.12.2003) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3049), reg. 20, Sch. 2 para. 2(3)
F18S. 21(1)(m) and preceding word inserted (2.12.2003) by The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1660), reg. 39(2), Sch. 5 para. 1(b)(ii)
F19S. 21(1)(n) inserted (24.12.2003) by The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3049), reg. 20, Sch. 2 para. 2(3)
F20Word at the end of s. 21(1)(n) repealed (6.4.2005) by The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3426), reg. 37(a) (with reg. 3)
F21S. 21(1)(o) inserted (16.8.2004) by The Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1713), reg. 22, Sch. 2 para.1(3)
F22S. 21(1)(o) renumbered (6.4.2005) as s. 21(1)(p) by virtue of The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3426), reg. 37(b) (with reg. 3)
F23Word at the end of s. 21(1)(p) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/349), reg. 17, Sch. para. 10(a) (with reg. 3)
F24S. 21(1)(q) and preceding word inserted (6.4.2004) by The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3426), reg. 37(c) (with reg. 3)
F25S. 21(1)(r) and preceding word inserted (6.4.2006) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/349), reg. 17, Sch. para. 10(b) (with reg. 3)
F26Word at the end of s. 21(1)(q) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 49(1), Sch. 8 para. 20(2) (with reg. 44)
F27Word at the end of s. 21(1)(r) omitted (18.8.2006) by virtue of The European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2059), reg. 38(a)
F28S. 21(1)(s) and preceding word inserted (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 49(1), Sch. 8 para. 20(3) (with reg. 44)
F29S. 21(1)(t) and preceding word inserted (18.8.2006) by The European Cooperative Society (Involvement of Employees) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2059), reg. 38(b)
F30Word at the end of s. 21(1)(s) omitted (15.12.2007) by virtue of The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2974), reg. 59(a)
F31S. 21(1)(u) and preceding word inserted (15.12.2007) by The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2974), reg. 59(b)
F32Word in s. 21(1)(t) omitted (27.7.2008) by virtue of The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1660), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(b)(i)
F33S. 21(1)(v) and word inserted (27.7.2008) by The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1660), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(b)(ii)
F34Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 34(b)
F35S. 21(4) inserted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch. 1 para. 17(3); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
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