Schedules

Schedule 5Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules: further provision

Part 2Other amendments of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996

I111Employment tribunals

1

Section 13 (costs and expenses) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

Procedure Rules may make provision for regulating matters relating to—

a

costs or expenses;

b

allowances payable under section 5(2)(c) or (3).

3

In subsection (1A)—

a

for “Regulations under subsection (1) may” substitute “Procedure Rules may, in particular,”;

b

omit “under such regulations”.

4

In subsection (1B), for “Employment tribunal procedure regulations may” substitute “Procedure Rules may, in particular,”.

5

In subsection (1C), for “Employment tribunal procedure regulations may also” substitute “Procedure Rules may, in particular,”.

6

In subsection (2), for “employment tribunal procedure regulations shall” substitute “Procedure Rules must”.

7

In subsection (3)—

a

for the words from “Provision” to “must” substitute “If Procedure Rules make provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a), Procedure Rules must also”;

b

for “regulations” (in the remaining place it occurs) substitute “Rules”.

8

In subsection (4)(a), for “the regulations” substitute “Procedure Rules”.