The Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Order 1980

Statutory Instruments

1980 No. 1159

LITIGANTS IN PERSON

The Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Order 1980

Made

29th July 1980

Laid before Parliament

7th August 1980

Coming into Operation

1st September 1980

In exercise of the powers conferred on them respectively by section 1(1)(c) and section 1(2)(c) of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975, the Lord Chancellor (in relation to England and Wales) and the Lord Advocate (in relation to Scotland) hereby make the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1980.

2.  In this Order, “ the Act” means the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975.

3.  The Employment Appeal Tribunal shall be a tribunal specified for the purposes of section 1(1)(c) of the Act (in respect of proceedings in England and Wales) and section 1(2)(c) of the Act (in respect of proceedings in Scotland).

4.  For the purposes of this Order, the expression “ rules of court” in section 1(4)(c) of the Act shall mean rules made under paragraph 17 of Schedule 11 to the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978(1).

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C

Dated 22nd July 1980

Mackay of Clashfern

Dated 29th July 1980

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order applies to proceedings in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the provisions of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975, so as to enable an award of costs (in Scotland, expenses) made by the Tribunal to a litigant in person (in Scotland, a party litigant) to include the same items of costs or expenses as a represented litigant can claim, including in particular, costs or expenses for time spent preparing the case.

(1)

The current rules are The Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1976. (S.I. 1976/322.)