Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 2972 (S. 12)
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS, SCOTLAND
The Employment Tribunals (Enforcement of Orders in Other Jurisdictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
Made
2nd December 2002
Laid before Parliament
3rd December 2002
Coming into force
24th December 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on her by section 18(1)(a) of, and paragraphs 2(2) and 4(1) of Schedule 6 to, the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and by section 7(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (as extended by section 12 and section 48(1) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982), and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 , hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and revocation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Enforcement of Orders in Other Jurisdictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 24th December 2002.
(2) The EmploymentTribunals (Enforcement of Orders under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 are hereby revoked.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act of 1982” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982;
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“Office of the Tribunals” means the Central Office of the EmploymentTribunals (Scotland);
“order” means an order for the payment of one or more sums of money contained in a decision of an employmenttribunal in Scotland;
“Register” means the register of applications, appeals and decisions kept in pursuance of regulation 12 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 ,
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“Secretary” means the person for the time being appointed to act as the Secretary of the Office of the Tribunals.
Recognition or enforcement of tribunal decisions in another Contracting State
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Recognition or enforcement of tribunal decisions in another Regulation State
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Enforcement of tribunal orders in other parts of the United Kingdom
5. —(1) An interested party who wishes under Schedule 6 of the Act of 1982 to secure the enforcement, in another part of the United Kingdom, of an order made by a tribunal in Scotland, shall apply for a certificate in respect of that order, in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The application shall be in writing and shall—
(a) state—
(i) the names of the parties to the proceedings in which the decision containing the order was given and, if known by the person applying, the case number of the originating application which relates to those proceedings;
(ii) the date shown on the decision as being the date it was sent to the parties; and
(b) verify that enforcement of the order has not been stayed or suspended and that the time available for enforcement has not expired.
(3) The application shall be presented to the Secretary at the Office of the Tribunals.
(4) If the Secretary is of the opinion that he is unable to issue a certificate under this regulation unless he is given further information, he shall, in writing, notify the person applying of that fact, specifying the further information required.
(5) Subject to paragraph (4), upon receiving an application which satisfies the requirements of this regulation, the Secretary shall issue to the person applying—
(a) a certificate in the form set out in Schedule 2, or in a form substantially to the same effect, with such variation as circumstances may require; and
(b) a copy of the decision as it appears on the Register.
Miscellaneous
6. Any function of the Secretary may be performed by a person acting with the authority of the Secretary.
Alan Johnson,
Minister of State for Employment Relations, Industry and the Regions,
Department of Trade and Industry
Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 1 FORM
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Regulation 5
SCHEDULE 2 FORM
Certificate under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
The Central Office of the EmploymentTribunals (Scotland)
(applicant) and
.................... (respondent)
I,, [the Secretary of The Central Office of the EmploymentTribunals (Scotland)], hereby certify:—
1. That an employmenttribunal sitting at [ place ] ordered, in a decision entered into the Register on [ date ], that the sum of £[ sum ] was payable by [ name ], [together with £[ sum ] expenses].
2. That the sum [excluding expenses] contained in the order carries interest at the rate of [ ] per cent per annum from [ date ] until payment.
3. That the time for appealing against the order contained in the decision has expired and [no appeal has been brought within that time or an appeal brought within that time has been finally disposed of].
4. That enforcement of the order has not for the time being been suspended and that the time available for its enforcement has not expired.
5. That this certificate is issued under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, in the form prescribed by regulation 5 of the Employment Tribunals (Enforcement of Orders in Other Jurisdictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2002.
Signed [ date ]
Secretary
Central Office of the Employment Tribunals (Scotland)