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Employment Act 1990

1990 c. 38 · Enacted 1 November 1990 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to make it unlawful to refuse employment, or any service of an employment agency, on grounds related to trade union membership; to amend the law relating to industrial action and ballots; to make further provision with respect to the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members; to confer a power to revise or revoke Codes of Practice; to provide for the merger of the Redundancy Fund with the National Insurance Fund; to amend the Education (Work Experience) Act 1973; and for connected purposes.

[1st November 1990] I1

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Commencement

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Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 18

Contents

  1. Access to employment
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Industrial action and ballots
  6. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. The Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
  13. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. Miscellaneous
  16. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. 13Merger of Redundancy Fund with National Insurance Fund, &c.
  18. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. General
  20. 15Financial provision.
  21. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  22. 17Northern Ireland.
  23. 18Short title and commencement.
  24. Schedule 1
  25. Part I
  26. Introduction
  27. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  28. Restriction of proceedings
  29. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  30. Time limit
  31. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  32. Conciliation
  33. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  34. Remedies
  35. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  36. Complaint against employer and employment agency
  37. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  38. Awards against third parties
  39. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  40. Appeal from decision of tribunal
  41. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  42. Part II
  43. Introduction
  44. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  45. Restriction on contracting out
  46. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  47. Crown employment and House of Commons and House of Lords staff
  48. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  49. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  50. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  51. Police service
  52. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  53. Employment outside Great Britain
  54. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  55. Mariners
  56. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  57. Offshore employment
  58. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  59. Crown application of provisions relating to employment agencies
  60. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  61. Schedule 2: Consequential Amendments
  62. Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44)
  63. 1Paragraph 1
  64. Trade Union Act 1984 (c.49)
  65. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  66. Employment Act 1988 (c.19)
  67. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  68. Schedule 3Schedule 3

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References to the Redundancy Fund in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the M1Interpretation Act 1978) shall be construed as references to the National Insurance Fund.

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There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other Act.

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F2. . . the provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland.

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This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1990.

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The following provisions of this Act come into force on Royal Assent—

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  • sections 15 and 17 and this section (general ancillary provisions).

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The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

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An order bringing into force any provision may contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.

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