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The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/237 · Made 30 January 2001

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EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS

Made 30th January 2001

Laid before Parliament 31st January 2001

Coming into force 23rd February 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 17.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Increase of Maximum Deposit
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 23rd February 2001.

2Increase of Maximum Deposit

For the sum specified in section 9(2)(a) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, there is substituted the sum of £500.

Signature

Alan Johnson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

30th January 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 gives the Secretary of State power by order to substitute for the sum specified in section 9(2)(a) of that Act such other sum as is specified in the order. The sum is the maximum amount which an employment tribunal may be authorised to require a party to proceedings to pay by way of deposit, if that party wishes to continue to participate in those proceedings following a pre-hearing review.

This Order increases the sum in section 9(2)(a) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 from £150 to £500.