Explanatory note

These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 (S.R. 1981 No. 225) to insert a new Part VII into Order 40. This prescribes rules for an application for a declaration under Article 21A(4) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, or under Article 88A(4) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, in relation to the recovery of sums payable under compromises reached with the assistance of the Labour Relations Agency in proceedings before an industrial tribunal or the Fair Employment Tribunal.

New rule 23 provides, at paragraph (1), for the time within which an application for a declaration is to be made and, at paragraph (2), for the period during which such an application is pending for the purposes of Article 21A(7) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 or for the purposes of Article 88A(7) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.