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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-amendment-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/271",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-constitution-and-rules-of-procedure-amendment-regulations-2016",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 to introduce rules in relation to the postponement of Employment Tribunal hearings and the use of costs orders where hearings are postponed following applications made at late notice.\nRegulation 2(2) provides that the general power to manage proceedings is subject to the operation of the new rule on postponements to be contained in rule 30A.\nRegulation 2(3) inserts a new rule 30A on postponements. It sets out that an application for postponement should be made as soon as possible after the need for the postponement becomes known. Any postponement application which has been made late or following two previous applications shall only be granted in the circumstances listed.\nRegulation 2(4) amends rule 76 in relation to the making of costs orders. The effect of this amendment is that a Tribunal must consider whether to make a costs order where it has granted a postponement following a late application by one of the parties.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/271/note",
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  "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."
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