{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/171",
  "legislation_title": "Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the time limits under section 2 of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 2 of the Act (disputes as to, and enforcement of, requirement of equal treatment) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted –\n“(4) A determination shall not be made by an industrial tribunal in the following proceedings, that is to say –\n(a) on a complaint under subsection (1),\n(b) on an application under subsection (1A), or\n(c) on a reference under subsection (2),\nunless the proceedings are instituted on or before the qualifying date (determined in accordance with section 2ZA).”.\n(3) For subsection (5) there shall be substituted –\n“(5) A woman shall not be entitled, in proceedings (including proceedings before an industrial tribunal) brought in respect of a contravention of a term modified or included by virtue of an equality clause, to be awarded any payment by way of arrears of remuneration or damages in respect of a time earlier than the arrears date (determined in accordance with section 2ZB).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/171/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:58:00.740005+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."
}