Article 3 Jurisdiction

(1)

In Great Britain—

(a)

the employment tribunals have jurisdiction to determine complaints;

(b)

the Employment Appeal Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine appeals; and

(c)

the Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine references made to it,

for the purposes of Part 1 of the 2008 Act, or any enactment as amended by that Part, as that Part or that enactment applies by virtue of this Order.

(2)

In Northern Ireland—

(a)

proceedings may be brought in any place in Northern Ireland for an offence;

(b)

the industrial tribunals have jurisdiction to determine complaints; and

(c)

the Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine references made to it,

for the purposes of Part 1 of the (No. 2) 2008 Act, or any enactment as amended by that Part, as that Part or that enactment applies by virtue of this Order.

(3)

In this article “Tribunal”—

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, has the meaning given in section 44(4A)^f1 of the 2008 Act; and

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given in section 44(4A)^f2 of the (No. 2) 2008 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Subsection (4A) was inserted into section 44 of the 2008 Act by S.I. 2010/22. The functions of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal, in so far as relating to Great Britain, were transferred to the Upper Tribunal and the First-Tier Tribunal by the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15), section 30.
f2: Subsection (4A) was inserted into section 44 of the (No. 2) 2008 Act by the Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 4 N. I.), Schedule 1, paragraph 31(c). The functions of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal, in so far as relating to Northern Ireland, were transferred to the Upper Tribunal and the First-Tier Tribunal by that Act of 2010, section 1.