Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 149
Employment Tribunals
The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012
Made
23rd January 2012
Laid before Parliament
24th January 2012
Coming into force
15th February 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and revocation
1. —(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 2001( 2 ) is revoked.
Increase of Maximum Deposit
2. In section 9(2)(a)( 3 ) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 for “£500” substitute “£1,000”.
Edward Davey
Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
23rd January 2012
1996 c. 17 ; by virtue of section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) industrial tribunals were renamed employment tribunals and references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment were substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”.
Section 9(2)(a) was amended by the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001 ( S.I. 2001/237 ).