PART 2Employment

Miscellaneous

21Tribunal procedure: miscellaneous

(1)

The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 9 (pre-hearing reviews and preliminary matters), in subsection (2) (deposit orders), in paragraph (a)—

(a)

omit “, if he wishes to continue to participate in those proceedings,”;

(b)

after “an amount not exceeding £1,000” insert“as a condition of—

(i)

continuing to participate in those proceedings, or

(ii)

pursuing any specified allegations or arguments”.

(3)

In section 13A (payments in respect of preparation time)—

(a)

in subsection (3), after “shall also” insert “ , subject to subsection (4), ”;

(b)

after subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

Subsection (3) does not require the regulations to include provision to prevent an employment tribunal from making—

(a)

an order of the kind mentioned in subsection (1), and

(b)

an award of the kind mentioned in section 13(1)(a) that is limited to witnesses' expenses.”

(4)

In section 42 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition of “employment tribunal procedure regulations” insert—

““representative” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(1) (in Part 1) or section 29(1) (in Part 2),”.