{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-118",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-118.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/118",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "118",
  "heading": "General.",
  "text": "(1) . . .Where a tribunal makes an award of compensation for unfair dismissal under section 112(4) or 117(3)(a) the award shall consist of—\n(a) a basic award (calculated in accordance with sections 119 to 122 and 126), and\n(b) a compensatory award (calculated in accordance with sections 123, 124, 124A and 126).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 118(1) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 44, Sch. 9(11); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 118(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2004) by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), ss. 53, 55(2), Sch. 7 para. 38; S.I. 2004/2185, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 118(2)(3) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 33(1)(a), 44, Sch. 9(10); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 118(4) repealed (1.11.2004) by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), ss. 54, 55(2), Sch. 8; S.I. 2004/2822, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 117-127A applied (with modifications) (2.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1548, reg. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/118",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:50.937818+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."
}