Article 11 Conciliation

In Article 84 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (regulations as to procedure of Fair Employment Tribunal), for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted—

“(4)

In relation to proceedings on a complaint under Article 38 the regulations may include provision for postponing fixing a time and place for a hearing, or postponing a time fixed for a hearing, for such period as may be determined in accordance with the regulations for the purpose of giving an opportunity for the proceedings to be settled by way of conciliation and withdrawn.”.

In Article 88 of that Order (conciliation), after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

Where regulations under Article 84 include provision postponing the fixing of a time and place for a hearing for the purpose of giving an opportunity for the proceedings to be settled by way of conciliation and withdrawn—

(a)

paragraph (1) shall have effect from the end of the postponement to confer a power on the Agency, instead of imposing a duty; and

(b)

the regulations shall also include provision for the parties to proceedings to which the provision for postponement applies to be notified that the services of the Agency may no longer be available to them after the end of the postponement.”.