{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-appeal-tribunal-rules-1993/rule-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-appeal-tribunal-rules-1993/rule-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2854",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-appeal-tribunal-rules-1993",
  "path": "rule/31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Drawing up, reasons for, and enforcement of orders",
  "text": "(1) Every order of the Appeal Tribunal shall be drawn up by the Registrar and a copy, sealed with the seal of the Tribunal, shall be served by the Registrar on every party to the proceedings to which it relates and—\n(a) in the case of an order disposing of an appeal from an industrial tribunal or of an order under section 33 of the 1996 Act, on the Secretary of the Industrial Tribunals; ...\n(b) in the case of an order disposing of an appeal from the Certification Officer, on that Officer;\n(c) in the case of an order imposing a penalty notice under regulation 20, 21 or 21A of the 1999 Regulations ... regulation 33 of the 2004 Regulations or ... regulation 22 of the Information and Consultation Regulations ..., on the Secretary of State; or\n(d) in the case of an order disposing of an appeal from the CAC made under regulation 38(8) of the 1999 Regulations, on the Chairman of the CAC.\n(2) Subject to rule 31A, the Appeal Tribunal shall, on the application of any party made within 14 days after the making of an order finally disposing of any proceedings, give its reasons in writing for the order unless it was made after the delivery of a reasoned judgment.\n(3) Subject to any order made by the Court of Appeal or Court of Session and to any directions given by the Appeal Tribunal, an appeal from the Tribunal shall not suspend the enforcement of any order made by it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(1)(a) substituted (16.7.2001) by The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1128), rules 1(1), 20(a) (with rule 28) (as amended by S.I. 2001/1476, rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 31(1)(a) omitted (16.7.2001) by virtue of The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1128), rules 1(1), 20(b) (with rule 28) (as amended by S.I. 2001/1476, rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 31(1)(c)(d) inserted (16.7.2001) by The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1128), rules 1(1), 20(c) (with rule 28) (as amended by S.I. 2001/1476, rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(1)(c) substituted (5.6.2011) by The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1088), regs. 1(1), 30(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in rule 31(1)(c) omitted (6.4.2005) by virtue of The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3426), regs. 1(1), 41(d)(i) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(1)(c) inserted (1.10.2004) by The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/2526), rules 1(1), 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in rule 31(1)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 17; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in rule 31(1)(c) omitted (15.12.2007) by virtue of The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2974), regs. 1, 64(4) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(1)(c) inserted (6.4.2005) by The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3426), regs. 1(1), 41(d)(ii) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 3 para. 17; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in rule 31(2) inserted (16.7.2001) by The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1128), rules 1(1), 20(d) (with rule 28) (as amended by S.I. 2001/1476, rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31 in force at 16.12.1993, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1077",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2854/rule/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:46:56.028201+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}