Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Interest on Awards) Regulations 1994, and shall come into force on 1st August 1994.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Race Relations Act 1976; and

• “an award under the Act” means an order under section 56(1)(b) of the Act for payment of compensation, but does not include an award of costs under rule 12 in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 1993^f1or of expenses under rule 12 in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1993^f2, even if the award of costs or expenses is made in the same proceedings as such an order.