Regulation 4 Modification of the Equal Pay Act: employer to appear and be heard in proceedings for breach of an equal treatment rule

In the case of a claim made in respect of a failure to comply with an equal treatment rule, section 2 of the Equal Pay Act shall have effect as if after subsection (5) there were inserted—

“(5A)

In any proceedings brought before an industrial tribunal by a woman in respect of a failure to comply with an equal treatment rule, the employer shall, for the purposes of the rules governing procedure, be treated as a party and be entitled to appear and be heard in accordance with those rules.”.