Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1669
Employment Tribunals
The Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases)(Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
4th July 2013
Laid before Parliament
8th July 2013
Coming into force
29th July 2013
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 139(1)(b) and 207 of the Equality Act 2010( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 29th July 2013.
Amendment of the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996
2. In regulation 3 of the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996( 2 ) omit paragraph (2) and insert—
“ (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the rate of interest to be applied shall be, in England and Wales, the rate fixed, for the time being, by section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 ( 3 ) and, in Scotland, the rate fixed, for the time being, by section 9 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Extracts Act 1892 ( 4 ) . ” .
3. Regulation 8 of the Employment Tribunals (Interest on Awards in Discrimination Cases) Regulations 1996 is deleted.
Transitional provisions
4. Articles 2 and 3 do not have effect in relation to a claim which is presented to an Employment Tribunal Office on or before 28th July 2013.
Jo Swinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
4th July 2013
S.I. 1996/2803 ; 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”.
1838 c. 110 . Section 17 was amended by S.I. 1993/564 .
1892 c. 17 . Section 9 was amended by S.I. 1993/769 .