Paragraph 15 Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions on procedural groundsF1

(1)

Procedure Rules may make provision for the correction of accidental errors in a decision or record of a decision.

(2)

Procedure Rules may make provision for the setting aside of a decision in proceedings before the tribunal—

(a)

where a document relating to the proceedings was not sent to, or was not received at an appropriate time by, a party to the proceedings or a party’s representative,

(b)

where a document relating to the proceedings was not sent to the tribunal at an appropriate time,

(c)

where a party to the proceedings, or a party’s representative, was not present at a hearing related to the proceedings, or

(d)

where there has been any other procedural irregularity in the proceedings.

(3)

Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not affect, and are not affected by, any power to correct errors or set aside decisions that is exercisable apart from rules made by virtue of those sub-paragraphs.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. A1 inserted (25.4.2024) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 5 para. 1; S.I. 2024/568, reg. 2(b)(i)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: The Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 may be cited as the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (1.8.1998) by virtue of 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F2: Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(b) (with s. 16(2); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1