{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-98",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024/rule-98.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1155",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunal-procedure-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/98",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "98",
  "heading": "Transfer of proceedings between Scotland and England and Wales",
  "text": "(1) The Tribunal may on its own initiative or on the application of a party, transfer proceedings started in one jurisdiction (“the transferring jurisdiction”) to the other (“the receiving jurisdiction”), if the following conditions are met—\n(a) the proceedings could have been started in the receiving jurisdiction under rule 10 (presenting the claim),\n(b) the relevant authority in the transferring jurisdiction considers that the proceedings would more conveniently be determined in the receiving jurisdiction, and\n(c) the relevant authority in the receiving jurisdiction consents to the transfer.\n(2) In this rule, the relevant authority is—\n(a) in England and Wales, the President (England and Wales) or a Regional Employment Judge;\n(b) in Scotland, the President (Scotland) or Vice President.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 98 in force at 6.1.2025 immediately after S.I. 2024/1156 comes into force, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1155/rule/98",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:28.531903+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."
}