Schedules

Schedule 4Online procedure: amendments

I11Employment Tribunals Act 1996

1

The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows.

2

In section 7A (practice directions), after subsection (2E) insert—

2F

Directions under this section do not apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except—

a

to such extent as may be provided by—

i

Online Procedure Rules, or

ii

directions under paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

b

to such extent as Procedure Rules apply to the proceedings by virtue of regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.

3

In section 29A (practice directions), after subsection (10) insert—

11

Directions under this section do not apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except—

a

to such extent as may be provided by—

i

Online Procedure Rules, or

ii

directions under paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

b

to such extent as Procedure Rules apply to the proceedings by virtue of regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.

4

In Schedule A1 (inserted by Schedule 5 to this Act), after paragraph 21 insert—

21A

Procedure Rules must be framed so as not to apply to proceedings that are governed by Online Procedure Rules except to such extent as may be provided by—

a

Online Procedure Rules,

b

directions under paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, or

c

regulations under section 21(1)(b) of that Act.