# The Equal Pay (Complaints to Industrial Tribunals) (Armed Forces) Regulations 1997, Regulation 2


(1) A person may present a complaint to an industrial tribunal under section 7A of the Equal Pay Act 1970, notwithstanding that subsection (5) of that section would otherwise preclude the presentation of such a complaint, in any case to which paragraph (2) or (4) below applies.
(2) This paragraph applies where—
(a) the person has made a complaint in respect of the same matter to an officer under the service redress procedures; and
(b) that complaint has not been withdrawn.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) above, a person shall be treated as having withdrawn his complaint if, having made a complaint to an officer under the service redress procedures, he fails to submit that complaint to the Defence Council under those procedures.
(4) This paragraph applies where the complaint concerns a claim in respect of the contravention of a term of service relating to membership of, or rights under, any relevant scheme.
(5) In this regulation—
“occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993; and
“relevant scheme” means—
(a) any occupational pension scheme made under section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865;
(b) the Army Pensions Warrant 1977; or
(c) any occupational pension scheme made under section 2 of the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2162/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-complaints-to-industrial-tribunals-armed-forces-regulations-1997/regulation-2
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