Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Act 2013 (Improvement and Prohibition Notices Appeals) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2014.

Amendment of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013

2. —(1)Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure)( 2 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 1(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “Employment Tribunals Act” insert—

“ “ Energy Act IN ” means a notice given by an inspector under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Energy Act 2013;

“ Energy Act PN ” means a notice given by an inspector under paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Energy Act 2013; ” .

(3) After rule 105 insert—

“ Application of this Schedule to appeals against notices given under the Energy Act 2013

105A. —(1) A person (“the appellant”) may appeal an Energy Act IN or Energy Act PN by presenting a claim to a tribunal office—

(a) before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice which is the subject of the appeal is given to the appellant; or

(b) within such further period as the Tribunal considers reasonable where it is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for an appeal to be presented within that period.

(2) For the purposes of an appeal against an Energy Act IN or Energy Act PN, this Schedule shall be treated as modified in the following ways—

(a) references to a claim or claimant shall be read as references to an appeal or to an appellant in an appeal respectively;

(b) references to a respondent shall be read as references to the inspector appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Energy Act 2013 who issued the notice which is the subject of the appeal. ” .

Amendment of the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013

3. In Schedule 2 to the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013(Employment Tribunals - Issue and Hearing Fee)( 3 ), after the final entry in Table 2 (type A claims) insert—