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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-11/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/44",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 17 the rules may include provision—\n(a) with respect to the manner in which an appeal may be brought and the time within which it may be brought;\n(aa) with respect to the manner in which any application to the Appeal Tribunal may be made;\n(b) for requiring persons to attend to give evidence and produce documents, and for authorising the administration of oaths to witnesses;\n(c) for requiring or enabling the Appeal Tribunal to sit in private in circumstances in which an industrial tribunal is required or empowered to sit in private by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9;\n(d) for the registration and proof of any award made on an application to the Appeal Tribunal under section 67 or 176 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.\n(e) for interlocutory matters arising on any appeal or application to the Appeal Tribunal to be dealt with otherwise than in accordance with paragraph 16.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Para. 18(aa) inserted by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42, SIF 43:5), Sch. 1 para. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 11 para. 18(aa) substituted (30.8.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 29; S.I. 1993/1908, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 18(c) substituted (15.10.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(1), Sch. 7 para.7; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(1), Sch.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Para. 18(d) inserted by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42, SIF 43:5), Sch. 1 para. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 11 para. 18(d) substituted (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(2), 302, Sch. 2 para. 25(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Para. 18(e) inserted by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), Sch. 3 para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 11 para. 18(e) substituted (15.10.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para.30; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(1), Sch.1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/11/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:43.542381+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."
}