The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012
S.I. 2012/149 · Made 23 January 2012
Employment Tribunals
Made 23rd January 2012
Laid before Parliament 24th January 2012
Coming into force 15th February 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 9(3) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996f1:
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Footnotes
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1996 c. 17; by virtue of section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) industrial tribunals were renamed employment tribunals and references to “industrial tribunal” and “industrial tribunals” in any enactment were substituted with “employment tribunal” and “employment tribunals”.
Contents
1Citation, commencement and revocation
This Order may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2012 and comes into force on 15th February 2012.
The Employment Tribunals (Increase of Maximum Deposit) Order 2001f1 is revoked.
2Increase of Maximum Deposit
In section 9(2)(a)f1 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 for “£500” substitute “£1,000”.
Signature
Edward Davey
Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
23rd January 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 9(2)(a) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which provides a power to make regulations authorising employment tribunals to order the payment of a deposit if a party wishes to continue to participate in proceedings. The amendment contained in this Order substitutes the maximum sum of the deposit that may be specified in such regulations, replacing £500 with £1,000.