Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 847
Employment Tribunals
The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
27th March 2014
Laid before Parliament
28th March 2014
Coming into force
20th April 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18A(1) and (11) and 41(4) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996( 1 ), makes the following Regulation.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 20th April 2014.
Amendment to Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014
2. In Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014( 2 ), omit rule 4 and insert—
“ 4. If there is more than one prospective respondent, the prospective claimant must present a separate early conciliation form under rule 2 in respect of each respondent or, in the case of a telephone call made under rule 3, must name each prospective respondent. ” .
David Willetts
Minister of State for Universities and Science
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
27th March 2014
1996 c. 17 ; by virtue 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 18A was inserted into the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 by section 7 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) .