Rule 9 Prescribed formsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The President may prescribe by practice direction, for the area for which they are responsible—

(a)

one or more versions of a form which must be used by claimants to start proceedings in the Tribunal,

(b)

one or more versions of a form which must be used by respondents to respond to a claim before the Tribunal, and

(c)

that provision of certain information on a form prescribed under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is mandatory.

(2)

It is not necessary to use a form prescribed under paragraph (1) if the proceedings are—

(a)

referred to the Tribunal by a court,

(b)

proceedings in which the Tribunal will be exercising its appellate jurisdiction, or

(c)

proceedings brought by an employer under section 11 of the Employment Rights Act 1996^f1.

(3)

The President must publish the forms prescribed under paragraph (1) in an appropriate manner to bring them to the attention of prospective claimants, respondents and their advisers.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 9 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1996 c. 18; by virtue of section 1(2) of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) all references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment are substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”. Section 11 was amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), Schedule 2, paragraph 16, the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), Schedule 13, Part 2, paragraph 68 and S.I. 2014/431, 2019/469 and 731.