2012 No. 149

Employment Tribunals

The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 19961:

Citation, commencement and revocation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012 and comes into force on 15th February 2012.

2

The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 20012 is revoked.

Increase of Maximum Deposit2

In section 9(2)(a)3 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 for “£500” substitute “£1,000”.

Edward DaveyMinister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal AffairsDepartment for Business, Innovation and Skills
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 9(2)(a) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which provides a power to make regulations authorising employment tribunals to order the payment of a deposit if a party wishes to continue to participate in proceedings. The amendment contained in this Order substitutes the maximum sum of the deposit that may be specified in such regulations, replacing £500 with £1,000.